Lead Game Developer

Playdawn’s Trusted Game Studios • Bengaluru, Karnataka • Posted July 16, 2026

Position Overview

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 Id...