Senior Game Designer (m/f/d) | Educational Kids' Games

ABOUT US

EDURINO is redefining early education through the power of play.

Founded in 2021, our platform blends storytelling, physical play, and digital tools to create hybrid learning adventures for curious minds aged 4–8. Developed by educators and loved by over 350,000 families, EDURINO empowers children to explore, grow, and thrive in an ever-changing world.

Behind our innovative learning system is a talented, multicultural team, passionate about helping every child play their way into a brighter future. With the support of our €17 million Series B funding, we aim to further optimize our products and scale up to become Europe's leading hybrid edtech brand.

Want to be part of our mission? Explore the role below:

ABOUT THE ROLE

At EDURINO, we’re looking for a Senior Game Designer who can do it all - from crafting delightful UX flows to diving deep into analytics and data. You will shape our interactive learning worlds end-to-end, helping thousands of children explore with fun, curiosity, and confidence.
If you love switching between creative ideation, hands-on design, data exploration, prototyping, and user research, this is your stage.

• Own the full creative journey from early vision to shipped episodes - including concepting, prototyping, testing, and final polish.

• Drive performance by owning core metrics such as retention, engagement, and completion rates across your episodes.

• Validate, iterate, refine: Test hypotheses, validate early concepts, and confidently cut what doesn’t create impact.

• Observe real players: Run playtests with kids, turning insights into actionable improvements.

• Shape the full player journey: Iterate on core loops, progression, difficulty, meta systems, reward structures, and content cadence to craft cohesive and motivating experiences.

• Create clarity for the team: Produce documentation such as UX flows, system outlines, and GDDs that align teams and accelerate execution.

• Collaborate across disciplines: Work seamlessly with educational experts, artists, engineers, product managers, and data specialists.

ABOUT YOU

You are a highly versatile game-design generalist who thrives in fast-paced, iterative environments. You bring a broad toolkit, a love for hands-on problem-solving, and the ability to balance creativity with analytical thinking. You are excited to build the future of educational games - and you don’t hesitate to dive into details, explore data, or reshape features when needed.

• 5+ years of experience in Game Design across multiple areas (e.g., UX, systems, level design, economy, progression, gameplay).

• Proven track record of meaningfully improving live games or shipped products.

• Strong analytical foundation: Comfortable with A/B testing, cohort analysis, segmentation, and turning data into design decisions.

• Deep understanding of game mechanics, motivation models, and player psychology.

• Hands-on ownership: Ability to self-prioritize, make confident decisions, and drive initiatives in a fast-growing environment.

• Clear, proactive communication and business-fluent English (C1+).

• Collaborative mindset and confidence working with diverse, interdisciplinary teams.

• Experience designing educational or children’s games.

• Strong familiarity with Unity and rapid prototyping workflows.
  

• Ability to blend creative, technical, and analytical skills into holistic product thinking.

About us

What we believe in

We believe that, in addition to hiring the best talent, a diversity of perspectives, ideas, and cultures leads to the creation of better products. We hire people who are passionate about the product and team, demonstrate raw curiosity, and bring the ability and willingness to continuously learn.
EDURINO is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of ethnicity, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender. We foster a work environment that enables personal and professional growth and always strive to find the truth in discussions, independent of seniority or position as all opinions are respected.

What makes us special

• A start-up culture based on trust. You own your schedule and location - what matters is what you move.
• Remote-first, outcome-focused. Work remotely from anywhere in Germany or the UK, ideally within reach of our hubs Munich, Berlin, and London.
• Regular in-person events. We meet up in person twice a year as a full company, and teams connect regularly online and offline. From pub quizzes to hiking at Tegernsee - we like to keep it fun.
• Equity for everyone. Every team member gets a share package - so when Edurino grows, you grow with us.
• Truly international. English is our company language and our team brings amazing ideas and cultures from over 20 countries.
• Support beyond the job. In Germany, we offer KITA allowance, bike leasing (JobRad), and a company pension scheme. Everyone receives the gear they need (Mac or Windows), plus access to exclusive employee discounts.
• Room to grow. We believe in learning fast, failing forward, and lifting each other. There’s budget and mentorship for high-performers who want to take the next step.

How to become part of the team

1. We look forward to receiving your application ( CV is enough!). Once we have reviewed it and decide to invite you, we schedule a first 30-minute interview where we get to know each other. You will have the space to tell us why you would be the perfect fit for us and we are happy to answer all of your questions.
2. Depending on the position, there is now a small assignment for you - either an art/coding test or the elaboration of some questions within a case study.
3. We schedule another interview with the direct report of your position . You will elaborate the task or questions you have solved.
4. You (e-)meet one of the co-founders . Depending of the position, we will now ask you for some references.
5. After a couple of days, we will get back to you with the final decision and you become part of #teamedurino , yay!
   The following onboarding steps include meetings with your onboarding buddy and your team members, getting to know everyone from both our business and tech teams, and, of course, receiving your EDURINO onboarding box !