Lead Technical Design Architect – Learning Platforms

Level; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Level is a learning technology company dedicated to helping students build real academic and life skills with confidence and joy. We combine proven curriculum principles with world class interactive design to make meaningful practice something students want to come back to, not something they struggle through.

Level is looking for an experienced Lead Technical Designer to join our team and set the standard for design excellence across our product portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical design or related engineering roles.
• At least 2 years in a lead or senior mentorship capacity.
• History of shipped titles with complex technical design systems.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading designers or engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of junior technical designers — setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, and fostering a culture of craft, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Own the technical design vision for core systems and mechanics across our product portfolio, ensuring consistency, scalability, and quality across all experiences.
• Serve as the primary advocate for technical design workflows — identifying gaps, championing improvements, and helping establish best practices as our tools and pipelines evolve.
• Partner with engineering and art leadership to define and optimize the tools, systems, and pipelines your team relies on day-to-day.
• Translate high-level product and design goals into actionable technical solutions, balancing creative integrity with performance and maintainability.
• Drive rapid prototyping and iteration cycles, modeling a feedback-forward design process for your team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineers, Artists, and Product leads to scope, prioritize, and deliver complex feature development.
• Contribute to documentation, onboarding, and workflow standards that help the broader team move faster and more consistently over time.

Skills

Technical design

Leadership

Mentorship

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Tools

Godot

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Level is a learning technology company dedicated to helping students build real academic and life skills with confidence and joy. We combine proven curriculum principles with world class interactive design to make meaningful practice something students want to come back to, not something they struggle through.

Level is looking for an experienced Lead Technical Designer to join our team and set the standard for design excellence across our product portfolio.