Full-Time Senior Localization Engineer
Lilt is hiring a remote Full-Time Senior Localization Engineer. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting London, UK or Romania based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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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.