Thai & Asian Languages Content Lead

Ling

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About The Position

Ling is seeking a Thai & Asian Languages Content Lead to take full ownership of their Thai course and guide curriculum development for their broader Asian language offerings. This role involves creating a scalable Thai curriculum that can be adapted for languages like Lao, Khmer, and Burmese. The position requires establishing content standards and principles for the language team, writing and reviewing engaging learning materials, ensuring accurate grammar scaffolding within app limitations, and managing audio production and content management workflows. There is potential for growth into a leadership position within the language team.

Requirements

• Native Thai speaker with deep intuition for natural, contemporary usage
• English at C2 or near-native level
• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

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
• Over time: potentially take on a leadership role within the language team, coordinating other language specialists and owning cross-language curriculum consistency

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed