Senior Platform Engineer - F/M/NB

Novaquark

23h•Remote

About The Position

As we push toward the finish line, we need a seasoned Senior Platform Programmer to act as our console guardian. Your primary mission is to maintain and test our console builds, ensuring they don’t just run, but thrive on next-gen hardware. You will be the point person for identifying platform-specific bottlenecks, upgrading SDKs, and guiding our QA team through the rigorous certification process. Beyond maintenance, you’ll empower the rest of the studio by providing the tools and optimizations necessary to meet strict shipping requirements. You will be joining the 4-person Rendering & Platforms Team which together with the Animation Programming and Unreal teams form the Engine feature team, working alongside our engine/animation and rendering specialists. You will be the bridge between the Tech and QA departments, while providing cross-functional support to Art and Design to ensure their content fits within console constraints. We are looking for a platform specialist who lives and breathes console architecture—someone who can dive deep into a crash dump one hour and mentor the team on Xbox/PS5 certification standards the next. Core Mandate (3 main missions) Build Integrity & Stability: Ensure on a daily basis that game builds are functional, optimized, and running correctly across all targeted consoles. Platform Troubleshooting: Provide expert support for any console-specific issues, acting as the final line of defense for platform-related crashes or bugs. Optimization & Knowledge Sharing: Develop console-specific optimizations (CPU/GPU/IO) and proactively spread platform knowledge across the studio to prevent technical debt. Success Criteria (What are we expecting from this person in the next months) Certification Readiness: Successfully guide the project through the Game Pass certification process with minimal friction. Infrastructure Modernization: Successfully update the project to the latest SDK versions and integrate the console build process into our CI/CD pipeline. Stability & Testing: Achieve a significant reduction in platform-specific crashes and implement a suite of console-specific automated tests.

Requirements

Seasoned Senior Platform Programmer
Console guardian
Expertise in maintaining and testing console builds on next-gen hardware
Ability to identify platform-specific bottlenecks
Experience upgrading SDKs
Experience guiding QA teams through certification processes
Ability to provide tools and optimizations for shipping requirements
Experience working within an Engine feature team (Rendering & Platforms, Animation Programming, Unreal)
Ability to act as a bridge between Tech and QA departments
Cross-functional support experience for Art and Design
Platform specialist with deep knowledge of console architecture
Experience with crash dump analysis
Mentorship on Xbox/PS5 certification standards
Experience ensuring build integrity and stability
Expert support for console-specific issues
Experience developing console-specific optimizations (CPU/GPU/IO)
Experience spreading platform knowledge
Experience guiding projects through certification processes (e.g., Game Pass)
Experience updating SDK versions
Experience integrating console build processes into CI/CD pipelines
Experience reducing platform-specific crashes
Experience implementing console-specific automated tests

Nice To Haves

Lives and breathes console architecture

Responsibilities

Maintain and test console builds on next-gen hardware.
Identify platform-specific bottlenecks.
Upgrade SDKs.
Guide the QA team through the certification process.
Provide tools and optimizations to meet shipping requirements.
Act as a bridge between Tech and QA departments.
Provide cross-functional support to Art and Design to ensure content fits within console constraints.
Dive deep into crash dumps.
Mentor the team on Xbox/PS5 certification standards.
Ensure game builds are functional, optimized, and running correctly across all targeted consoles.
Provide expert support for console-specific issues.
Act as the final line of defense for platform-related crashes or bugs.
Develop console-specific optimizations (CPU/GPU/IO).
Proactively spread platform knowledge across the studio.
Guide the project through the Game Pass certification process.
Update the project to the latest SDK versions.
Integrate the console build process into our CI/CD pipeline.
Achieve a significant reduction in platform-specific crashes.
Implement a suite of console-specific automated tests.