Full-Time Senior Localization Engineer

Senior Localization Engineer

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced post-sales engineer with a localization background who loves solving hard problems. Ensuring work is done on time to maintain a seamless customer experience, and interacting with a variety of stakeholders. This role requires strong technical aptitude, extensive customer-facing experience, and the ability to handle competing priorities from multiple customers simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Debug, resolve, or escalate issues related to LILT's Connector stack, file filters, and the Okapi Framework.
• Assist with resolving customer pre- and post-processing challenges, including localization file prep.
• Collaborate with production teams to implement technology-enabled workflows and set up LILT Connectors and file filters.
• Continuously improve and suggest improvements to internal and customer localization engineering processes.
• Document customer configurations and playbooks for common operating procedures.
• Facilitate a feedback loop between customer needs and the engineering team.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the company as the point-of-contact for the localization engineering team.
• Meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for customer engineering tasks.

Skills and Experience

• 3+ years experience in localization engineering.
• Understanding of XLIFF, TMX, TBX, and SRX formats.
• Familiarity with key localization terms (source, target, translation unit, etc.).
• Knowledge of localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) best practices.
• Knowledge of common file formats (JSON, XML, HTML, CSV, PO, YAML, STRINGS, RESX, PROPERTIES).
• Exposure to translation tools (TMX editors, alignment software, diffing software, OCR software).
• Proficiency in RegEx for text processing tasks.
• Understanding of encoding standards and character sets.
• Familiarity with the Okapi Framework.
• Knowledge of localization platforms/technologies (CAT, TMS, TM, MT, LMS, CMS, LLM).
• Coding skills (Python for scripting, Java for Okapi Framework).
• Understanding of software development principles and APIs.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to analyze issues.

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