Localization Manager
inDrive
Almaty, Kazakhstan · Georgia, USA
Posted on Dec 31, 2024
Localization Manager
Kazakhstan, Almaty · Georgia
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Middle
Our Brand Communications team is seeking a talented professional for the role of Localization Manager. If you have been responsible for improving organizational effectiveness and leading change initiatives, don’t hesitate to apply!
Responsibilities
- Localization Engineering Develop, Maintain, and Enhance localization pipelines to optimize translation workflows, automate tasks, and manage localization assets.
- Manage and Support the integration of localization tools, translation memory (TM), glossary management systems, AI-powered tools, and machine translation (MT) systems with other software solutions.
- Design and Implement Solutions to streamline localization engineering processes, ensuring scalability and efficiency by leveraging AI and machine translation advancements.
- Evaluate and Optimize machine translation outputs and AI-driven localization technologies to improve translation quality and efficiency.
- Troubleshoot and Resolve Issues related to localization file formats, encoding, platform-specific requirements, and machine translation outputs.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure codebase is localization-friendly, providing engineering support to localize new features and content releases.
- Daily Localization Tasks Handle Incoming Localization Requests including file preparation, submission, and file management across different languages and locales.
- Coordinate with Translation Vendors to ensure timely delivery and quality of translations.
- Run Quality Assurance Checks on localized content, testing for linguistic and functional accuracy in the product environment.
- Support Cross-Functional Teams by providing guidance and insights on localization best practices and technical challenges.
- Monitor and Track localization task progress, ensuring all projects adhere to timelines and quality standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Localization, Linguistics, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience as a Localization Engineer or in a similar technical localization role.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript) and experience with localization tools (e.g., SDL Passolo, memoQ, Crowdin, XTM, or similar).
- Knowledge of Translation Standards: Experience with TM, terminology management, and QA tools, and an understanding of file formats (e.g., JSON, XML, PO, XLIFF).
- Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to troubleshoot encoding, linguistic, and platform-specific localization issues.
- Project Management Skills: Basic knowledge of project management practices and tools (e.g., Jira, Asana) for task tracking and reporting.
- Communication Skills: Fluent in English, with excellent communication and collaboration skills to interact with diverse, cross-functional teams.
- Preferred Skills Development Skills for Integrations: Ability to develop and implement integrations between localization tools, product teams, and other software solutions to streamline processes and enhance workflow efficiency.
- Experience in Internationalization (i18n): Familiarity with i18n best practices and working knowledge of Unicode, bi-directional text, and complex script handling.
- Jira Administration: Experience in managing and configuring Jira for localization task tracking, reporting, and workflow automation.
- Multilingual: Proficiency in multiple languages is a plus.
Conditions & Benefits
- Stable salary, official employment, health insurance.
- Relocation package offered to candidates from different regions.
- Full coverage of business trip expenses, including daily allowances for employees engaged in travel-related tasks.
- Hybrid work mode and flexible schedule.
- All the necessary work equipment.
- A diverse array of internal training programs.
- Partially or fully funded additional training courses.
- Monthly corporate 'Fun Days' in various engaging formats.
- Meaningful gestures on special occasions - company gifts to celebrate weddings, new arrivals, and birthdays.