Lead Level Designer

Lingokids is on a mission to help families raise amazing kids through Playlearning™. Ready to join us on this exciting journey? 🚀

Lingokids is a global leader in educational technology, helping over185 million families worldwide raise amazing kids throughPlaylearning™,our unique approach that blends education with play. Our mission is to empower children with modern learning experiences, combining educational subjects with essential life skills to help them grow into confident, conscious, and resilient lifelong learners.

Beyond our award-winning app, we’ve built amulti-platform educational universe, including our“Baby Bot” and “Baby Bot’s Backyard Tales” shows, Podcasts, and Music Publishing. Our content, developed in collaboration with top education experts and Oxford Press University, ensures an engaging, high-quality learning experience in asafe, ad-free environment. This dedication to excellence has earned Lingokids multiple industry awards across app, podcast, and video categories, includingBest Original Learning App by Kidscreen Awards, National Parenting Product Awards by NAPPA Awards, and Best Parenting Product by Good Housekeeping, among many others!

As aLead Level Designer you will build and run Level Design as an independent vertical team at Lingokids Studios.

Level Design at Lingokids is not what you might expect from a traditional games company. Our level designers sit at the intersection of game design, technical implementation, and production. They reskin games for major IP partners (Disney and beyond), support localization at scale, contribute to template development, and increasingly drive initiatives that shape how we produce content across the entire studio.

You'd report directly to the Studios Director and manage a team of ~12 people.

If you want to be part of a team that's redefining the future of education, we’d love to hear from you!

What you’ll do

Team Leadership & Development

• Develop Level Design into a properly structured vertical team with clear roles, growth paths, and accountability.

• Manage and develop seniors, juniors, and interns — including a mix of remote and in-office team members (Madrid office).

• Create a culture where level designers proactively contribute to game quality.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years in level design or a closely related discipline (technical game design, content production) in a live, content-heavy game environment.

• 5+ years leading a team — actual people management, not just project coordination.

• Strategic thinker who can zoom out from day-to-day tasks to see where the team should be in 6–12 months, then build the roadmap to get there.

• Cross-functional operator: comfortable working with game designers, developers, artists, animators, and producers.

• Process builder: you've taken an unstructured or under-structured team and given it clarity without drowning it in bureaucracy.

• Experience managingremote and hybrid teams.

Strong pluses

• Experience withIP-licensed content production (Disney, Nintendo, or similar quality-bar partners).

• Experience withlocalization pipelines for games.

• Familiarity withmobile/casual game production at scale (hundreds of content pieces, not a single-title AAA pipeline).

• Hands-on experience withUnity or similar game engines in a level design context.

• Experience withAI-assisted tools for content production workflows.

English is a must:We’re a multicultural team providing a service inEnglish, so while certifications aren’t necessary, fluency is essential. As a fully remote company, clear and effectivespoken and written communication, especially in asynchronous and long-form formats, is key to collaborating successfully.

Life at Lingokids

📚 Career Growth: Your growth drives our success! We invest in your development up to€2,000 per year for books and training; so you can keep learning and growing with us.

🏡 Remote-Friendly: Work from where you’re most productive, home or our offices in Madrid, anywhere within a2-hour difference from Spain (GMT+1). The choice is yours!

📈 Stock Options: Your contribution matters! You'll receivestock options, giving you the opportunity to own part of the company and share in its success.

🖥 Home Office Setup: Create your ideal workspace with a€400 allowance for setup and€35/month for remote work expenses, because comfort fuels creativity!

🍲 Meal Allowances: Get€60/month on your Cobee card to enjoy meals at restaurants or food delivery, good food makes everything better!

💳 Flexible Compensation: Manage yourmeal, transport and childcare expenses easily withCobee, integrating them directly into your payroll.

 🩺 Health Insurance: Accessprivate health coverage at exclusive rates through Adeslas, seamlessly deducted from your payroll, quality care made simple.

💬 Language Lessons: Learning never stops! Enjoyfree language classes in Spanish and English, to sharpen your skills and stay connected in a global team.

🌍 Visa Sponsorship: If you need avisa to work in the EU, we’ll handle the process and cover the costs to make your transition seamless.

🎉 Company events: Yes! We’re a fully remote team spread across different countries, but we love getting together from time to time in different corners of Spain, for team gatherings and recharging at our amazing off-sites!

Passion matters more than perfection

Didn’t check every box for this role? No worries! We’re looking for passionate, driven individuals who believe in our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d still love to hear from you!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Lingokids, diversity isn’t just a checkbox—it’s at the heart of everything we do. Just like we teach kids to embrace differences, we celebrate them in our team, knowing that the best ideas come from unique perspectives. We’re all about creating a space where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to be their authentic selves. No matter your background, identity, or story, if you’re passionate about making a difference in education, we want you here.