JavaScript Job: Localization Engineer

Are you looking for a new-age working environment with a team of fun, creative, and passionate people who love their jobs and enjoy autonomy in the workplace? As part of the Localization Services team, you will collaborate and work closely to translate and localize our customers’ products ranging from desktop and mobile apps, ecommerce websites, video and e-learning content, etc. for a global market.

Summa Linguae Technologies is a language and technology company that provides localization and data solutions. We help many of the world’s biggest companies make their products and services available in more languages, countries, and cultures across the globe. We have a diverse team of over 250 full-time team members working remotely or in one of our 8 global offices—located in Canada, the USA, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, India, and our company headquarters in Poland.

Job duties:

• Analyze document, software, video, and website source files for quotation
• Assist Project Managers in developing project schedule and budget

• Perform functional internationalization assessment
• Educate customers and team members about Localization and Internationalization
• Review source content for internationalization, branding, and quality issues
• Analyze and prepare source files for translation
• Configure translation tools/workflows (CAT and MT), create translation projects in CAT tools

• Verify translated files for branding, linguistic and technical errors and correct them
• Conduct post-processing of translated files, including build integration
• Perform desktop publishing of translated files (Adobe CC, Microsoft Office, HTML, etc.)
• Scrub and fix layout, localization, and internationalization bugs
• Maintain glossaries and TMs and ensure they are up to date

• Document project engineering process
• Support Project Managers and Account Managers
• Propose process improvements to increase efficiency and improve quality
• Distribute work to other Localization Engineers and DTP specialists
• Prepare presentations for internal team, customers, and vendors

• Automate various processes as needed using macros and different scripting languages
• Additional tasks as required based on the evolution of the role and company needs

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Localization or equivalent job experience

• Experience with some or all of these Adobe tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, XD
• Experience with Microsoft Office file formats
• Experience in video and e-learning localization (timing, animation, voiceover, subtitles), using tools from Adobe and Articulate
• Advanced knowledge of XML, HTML and XLIFF formats
• Strong knowledge of CAT & terminology tools; Translation Management Systems (e.g. SDL TMS)

• Knowledge of character encodings (Unicode) and fonts
• Experience with version control and defect tracking software
• Demonstrable understanding of Localization, Internationalization, and Globalization
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Proficient in English (written and spoken)

• Strong team player
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize tasks and seek help when needed
• Ability to work at least 3 hours with Pacific Standard Time zone for the first 3 months or until able to work independently

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of machine translation
• Scripting languages (Perl, Python, VB, JavaScript etc.)
• Knowledge of more than one human language (e.g. English, Japanese, etc.)
• Programming/development experience and ability to write/read code (C#, C++, etc.)

• Content Management System (CMS) experience
• Ability to work across multiple platforms (Windows, Apple, Android, iOS, Linux, etc.)