Technical Designer

About the role

Level creates educational technology that blends academic curriculum with interactive design to improve student practice. We are seeking a Technical Designer to bridge the gap between pedagogy, design, and engineering to build polished learning experiences.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Partner with a cross-disciplinary team to manage instructional design for EdTech content from initial concept to final production.
• Build and maintain a large library of cohesive, high-quality learning modules and activities.
• Develop pedagogically relevant animations and visual assets.
• Coordinate with content specialists, product managers, engineers, and UX/UI designers to convert instructional goals into interactive digital products.
• Utilize UX/UI design principles and systems thinking to innovate new learning activities.
• Lead the playtesting process by observing sessions, implementing content fixes, and escalating technical issues to the appropriate teams.
• Architect solutions with future extensibility in mind to support broader use cases.
• Use generative AI tools to scale content development workflows while ensuring all AI-assisted output meets standards for pedagogical accuracy and developmental appropriateness.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in product design, interactive content development, or general design.
• Proficiency in scripting or modding within game engines such as Unreal, Blueprints, Lua, or Godot.
• Working knowledge of UI/UX design principles.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly prototype and adapt existing tools to achieve specific learning outcomes.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Strong communication skills to act as a translator between engineering, product, and design teams.
• A portfolio or work samples showcasing animation, game design, or instructional design projects.

Nice to have

• Prior experience working as a K-12 classroom teacher.
• Background in building adaptive or personalized learning systems.
• Experience integrating research findings directly into product or content strategy.

Skills & tools

• Game engines: Unreal, Blueprints, Lua, Godot
• UX/UI design
• Generative AI tools
• Instructional design
• Rapid prototyping

Practical notes

This is an on-site role based in Austin. Please include a link to your portfolio or relevant work samples with your application.