Game Designer (EdTech)

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is an online English school for children aged 4–12 and a learning games company serving users in more than 50 countries.

What you will do

• Lead game design in a small cross-functional team developing an educational game for children.
• Design core gameplay loops, moment-to-moment gameplay, onboarding, and first-session experiences.
• Own features from concept through release and post-launch iteration, with responsibility for retention and engagement metrics.
• Design and balance currencies, rewards, progression pacing, and the overall game economy.
• Plan live-ops including seasons, events, recurring loops, and a sustainable content cadence.
• Write build-ready GDDs, product specifications, and user flows; define success metrics and evaluate feature performance with product and analytics colleagues.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Generalist Game Designer, preferably in F2P mobile games.
• Hands-on experience designing and balancing game economies, including currency sources and sinks, reward curves, and progression.
• Ability to independently create detailed GDDs, product specifications, and flows for development teams.
• Fluency with core F2P metrics and the ability to form hypotheses, predict feature impact, and analyze post-launch data.
• Excellent English at B2 level or higher is required; meetings and documentation are conducted in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with live-ops, seasons, events, recurring loops, and content planning.
• Experience with EdTech or products for children.
• AI fluency, including prompting, TTS, speech-to-speech, and AI-assisted rapid prototyping.

Culture & Benefits

• High autonomy within a cross-functional team of senior specialists from mobile gaming and EdTech.
• Opportunity to create game experiences and significant features from scratch.
• Internal playtesting and UX research support.
• Remote work and unlimited holidays.
• Competitive remuneration, bonuses, and stock options.