Thai & Asian Languages Content Lead

introduction

Ling is a fast-growing language learning app laser-focused on the languages the world's biggest edtech companies ignore — Thai, Lao, Khmer, Burmese, and beyond. We're a tech company first: everything we build lives inside a mobile app with real product constraints, and we move fast. Thai is our flagship language, and we're building a curriculum that will set the standard for how our entire Asian language family is taught. If you've ever wished there was a genuinely good app for learning Thai — and its neighboring languages — this is your chance to build it.

responsibilities

Own the Thai course entirely: quality, consistency, scope, and roadmap

Design a best-in-class Thai curriculum that is built to scale — structured so it can be adapted and localized across related Asian languages (Lao, Khmer, Burmese, and others in the Thai language family)

Establish curriculum design principles and content standards that the broader language team can work from

Write and review conversations, vocabulary sets, grammar notes, and cultural insights that are natural, engaging, and beginner-appropriate

Ensure grammar concepts are accurately represented and scaffolded within app constraints (short lessons, max 10 new words, one sentence structure per lesson)

Manage audio production workflows using tools like Narakeet

Manage content in Firebase and Lokalise

Collaborate with product, engineering, and other language specialists to ship on time

requirements

Must-haves:

• Native Thai speaker with deep intuition for natural, contemporary usage
• English at C2 or near-native level — you'll write, communicate, and collaborate entirely in English
• Experience in edtech, curriculum development, instructional design, or language teaching
• Comfort working in a fast-paced startup where priorities shift and autonomy is expected
• Understanding that Ling is a tech product — content lives inside strict structural and UX constraints, not a textbook
• An eye for systems: you think about how to build things that scale, not just solve the problem in front of you
• Knowledge of or genuine interest in related Asian languages (Lao, Khmer, Burmese, or others in the region)
• Hands-on experience with Narakeet, Firebase, or Lokalise (or comparable tools)
• Familiarity with CEFR frameworks (A1–B1 range is our primary target)
• Background teaching Thai to foreigners or designing materials for adult learners
• Knowledge of tonal language pedagogy and the specific challenges non-native learners face
• Prior experience coordinating or mentoring a small content or language team
• Take ownership instinctively — no one will micromanage this content
• Can zoom out to curriculum strategy and zoom in to fix a single awkward sentence
• Think in systems: you w