Remote Console Porting Engineer for Indie Games

Jobgether; Österreich; Vor Ort; EUR 35.000 - 55.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote work

Part-time schedule

Collaborative remote team

Zusammenfassung

Jobgether on behalf of a partner company in Austria seeks a Game Developer-Console Porting to adapt indie titles for PlayStation and Xbox. You will port existing games, address platform-specific requirements, and contribute hands-on development across engines and tooling in a fully remote setup.

You will collaborate with designers and artists, debug, optimize, and certify builds while maintaining clear documentation and progress updates.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience porting or adapting games for console platforms such as PlayStation and/or Xbox, or strong game development experience with the ability to learn console porting and certification workflows.
• Genuine familiarity with PlayStation consoles is required, while Xbox familiarity is preferred; active console gaming experience is a strong advantage.
• Experience with PlayStation Partners or ID@Xbox developer programs is preferred but not essential.
• Professional or hands-on experience with GameMaker Studio 2, Unreal Engine, Unity, or a comparable game development platform.
• Familiarity with GML, C#, and/or Python, which are commonly used within the development environment.
• Solid understanding of gameplay mechanics, game systems, debugging, testing, and performance optimization.
• Experience taking game features from initial concept through development, testing, iteration, and refinement.
• Ability to work confidently with existing projects and codebases, including those created by other developers.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, particularly when working through platform-specific issues.
• Good communication and collaboration skills for working effectively within a distributed remote team.
• Experience reviewing games or code created by other developers, with the ability to provide practical and constructive feedback.
• A portfolio, GitHub profile, playable game, or examples of previous game development or console-porting work is highly desirable.

Aufgaben

• Port and adapt existing indie-developed games for PlayStation and Xbox, ensuring they meet platform-specific technical, performance, and certification requirements.
• Develop and implement gameplay features, mechanics, interactive experiences, and other technical improvements alongside core porting responsibilities.
• Work with GameMaker Studio 2, Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar game development platforms to build, adapt, maintain, and troubleshoot projects.
• Translate game concepts and technical requirements into functional, engaging, and reliable gameplay experiences.
• Write clean, maintainable, structured code and contribute effectively to existing codebases created by other developers.
• Debug, test, and resolve gameplay, technical, performance, and console-specific issues throughout the porting process.
• Collaborate with designers, artists, indie development partners, and other contributors to deliver high-quality console builds.
• Integrate and troubleshoot game assets, animations, audio, UI elements, and other required components.
• Optimize games for console hardware, addressing performance and platform-specific technical considerations.
• Review and evaluate games or code produced by other developers and provide clear, constructive technical and design feedback.
• Participate in testing, iteration, refinement, and certification-related updates based on feedback and platform requirements.
• Maintain clear documentation and provide regular progress updates on porting and development activities.

Kenntnisse

Console porting

PlayStation familiarity

Unreal Engine

Unity

GameMaker Studio 2

GML

C#

Python

Debugging

Performance optimization

Tools

GameMaker Studio 2

Unreal Engine

Unity

Jobbeschreibung

Jobgether on behalf of a partner company in Austria seeks a Game Developer-Console Porting to adapt indie titles for PlayStation and Xbox. You will port existing games, address platform-specific requirements, and contribute hands-on development across engines and tooling in a fully remote setup.

You will collaborate with designers and artists, debug, optimize, and certify builds while maintaining clear documentation and progress updates.