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

ABOUT US

EDURINO is redefining early education through the power of play.

Founded in 2021, we blend storytelling, tactile play, and digital tools to create hybrid learning adventures for curious minds aged 3–8. Developed by educators and loved by over 500,000 families, EDURINO empowers children to explore, grow, and thrive in an ever-changing world.

Behind our innovative system is a talented and multicultural team, passionate about creating a high-engagement learning platform for the next generation. With the support of our €17 million Series B funding, we aim to further scale our impact to new markets and prepare children for a digital future.

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

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 hundred-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.

Your tasks

ABOUT THE ROLE

What you will do at EDURINO

• 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.

Your profile

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.

Skills you need to bring

• 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+).
• Collborative mindset and confidence working with diverse, interdisciplinary teams.

Advantages

• 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.

We offer

As a distributed team spanning Germany and the UK, we embrace a remote-first setup, giving you the autonomy to drive impact from wherever you are most productive.