Lead Game Developer (Console)

Playdawn Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Playdawn Consulting seeks a Lead Console Developer to own Xbox Series X|S and PS5 platform integration, including certification, SDK lifecycle, submission packaging, and crash/stability debugging. This is a hands-on role with daily coding and ownership of cert pipelines, not a management position.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in game development, senior console experience, and a track record shipping Xbox and PlayStation titles with ownership of integration tasks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years professional game development.
• Minimum 5 years on console (Xbox / PlayStation).
• Shipped at least one title through Xbox certification (XR) with personal ownership of integration.
• Shipped at least one title through PlayStation certification (TRC) with personal ownership.
• Unity on console with IL2CPP builds and on-device profiling.
• Xbox GDK: config, Validator, identity, achievements, PLM.
• PS5 SDK: param.json/sfo, Check, Prospero tools, Trophies, save-data API.
• Experience shipping on codebases you did not build (ports/ rescues/ takeovers).
• Currently coding — if no commits in last year, not suitable.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on technical lead for Xbox Series X|S and PS5 platform integration.
• Own cert pipelines, submission packaging, and crash/stability debugging.
• Write code daily and review platform-specific code you didn’t build.
• Port and take over projects, including unfamiliar codebases.

Skills

10+ years game dev

Console development

Unity on console

Xbox GDK

PS5 SDK

Tools

Xbox GDK tools

PS5 SDK tools

Unity IL2CPP

Job description

Lead Console Developer

Hands-on technical lead owning both Xbox Series X|S and PS5 platform integration — certification, SDK lifecycle, submission packaging, and crash/stability debugging. Not a management role. They write code daily, own both cert pipelines, and debug on codebases they didn't build.

Must Have :

• 10+ years professional game development
• Minimum 5 years on console (Xbox / PlayStation)
• Shipped at least one title through Xbox certification (XR) — personally owned platform integration and submission
• Shipped at least one title through PlayStation certification (TRC) — personally owned it (doesn\'t need to be the same title)
• Unity on console — IL2CPP builds, platform-dependent compilation, Unity Input System, on-device profiling
• Xbox GDK — MicrosoftGame.config, Submission Validator, Xbox Identity, achievements, PLM (suspend/resume/constrained)
• PS5 SDK — param.json/sfo, Check, Prospero tools, Trophies, save-data API, system-language detection
• Experience shipping on codebases they did not build — ports, rescues, takeovers
• Currently coding — if they haven\'t committed code in the last year, wrong role

Good to Have :

• Worked at a porting/outsourcing earlier
• Unity version migration on console (LTS upgrades, plugin breakage after SDK updates)
• Middleware — Wwise/FMOD, Rewired, analytics SDKs, platform store/social plugins
• PS5 DualSense — haptics, adaptive triggers, controller speaker
• Xbox and PS5 Accessibility guidelines implementation
• On-device profiling — Razor GPU profiler (PS5), PIX (Xbox)

Preferred Not Mandatory :

• Unreal Engine console experience in addition to Unity
• Multiplayer / online services — PlayFab, Xbox Live, PSN
• PS5 Trinity support configuration
• Experience mentoring junior console developers

Please note: This position is for one of Playdawn\'s clients, and successful candidates will be hired directly by the client, not by Playdawn.

Our client is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. They are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and have equal access to opportunities, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, or other protected characteristics. They believe that diversity fuels innovation and creativity, and they strive to create an environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to shared success.