Senior Software Engineer, Connectors

1 Year ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

LILT is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Connectors for a part-time, contract position. The role involves post-sales engineering and localization expertise to ensure seamless customer experiences. Responsibilities include debugging connector issues, assisting with localization file preparation, implementing technology-enabled workflows, and improving localization engineering processes. The engineer will collaborate with sales, product, and engineering teams, act as a point of contact for localization engineering, and meet service level agreements. A strong technical aptitude, customer-facing experience, and the ability to manage multiple priorities are essential. The role requires a deep understanding of the global content management lifecycle, NLP/MT, and translation pipelines.
Must have:
  • 3+ years in localization engineering
  • Understand XLIFF, TMX, TBX, SRX
  • Knowledge of localization best practices
  • Proficiency in RegEx
  • Familiarity with Okapi Framework
  • Coding skills (Python, Java)
  • Understanding of software development principles and APIs
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Knowledge of common file formats (JSON, XML, etc.)
  • Exposure to translation tools
  • Understanding of encoding standards
  • Knowledge of localization platforms/technologies
  • Familiarity with Git

Job Details

LILT in the News

About LILT

LILT was founded by Spence and John, who met at Google working on Google Translate and saw the need for better AI-powered translation in the enterprise. Since 2015, LILT has focused on building cutting-edge language technology, investing early in Large Language Models to improve translation quality and meet the demands of global organizations.

Today, LILT’s Contextual AI Engine, Connector APIs, and Human Adaptive Feedback deliver accurate, nuanced translation across text, video, and speech in 100+ languages. Integrated with 100+ business systems, LILT helps enterprises scale global growth and deliver seamless multilingual experiences. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. LILT is backed by visionary investors including Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Redpoint.

The Operations Team at LILT

LILT’s operations team focuses on onboarding and post-sales engineering for enterprise and mid-market customers, who use our AI technology for their multilingual content requirements.  Our team engages with customers from post-sales through steady-state production and is made up of experts in various functional and technical areas of LILT’s overall offering.  While we work in various locations, we are highly collaborative within the team and have tight interactions with our colleagues in the LILT Sales, Product, Engineering, and Production teams.  Additionally, we operate as critical members of account-based teams that ensure LILT’s technology is utilized to deliver maximum value to our customers.  While we’re at it, we have fun and enjoy the ride together.

Where You’ll Work

This is a part time contract position based remotely out of Argentina or Taiwan.

Authorization to work in Argentina or Taiwan is a precondition of employment.

What You’ll Do

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 keep the customer experience seamless, and interacting with a variety of stakeholders. This position is for someone who has strong technical aptitude, extensive customer-facing experience, and the ability to manage competing priorities from multiple customers at once.

You will work hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, Engineering, Services, and Marketing teams to bring our platform to clients and prospects. You will be responsible for providing the technical expertise to make LILT customers successful.  You will have a broad range of skills and experience ranging from global content management lifecycle, a working knowledge of NLP/MT, TM, glossary, and content pipelines and integrations.  You will have the insight to make the connection between a customer’s specific business problems and LILT's solution, the customer-facing skills to communicate that connection and vision to a wide variety of technical and executive audiences, and the technical skills to be able to not only build demos and execute proof-of-concepts but also to provide consultative assistance on architecture and implementation.

Key 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:

  • At least 3+ years of experience in a localization-engineering role

  • Understanding of XLIFF, TMX, TBX, and SRX formats (purpose, structure, specifications)

  • 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) including syntax and escaping

  • Exposure to translation tools (TMX editors, alignment software, diffing software, OCR software)

  • Proficiency in RegEx for text processing tasks (pattern matching, extraction, manipulation)

  • Understanding of encoding standards and character sets

  • Familiarity with Okapi Framework (Rainbow, components, concepts)

  • 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

Information collected and processed as part of your application process, including any job applications you choose to submit, is subject to LILT's Privacy Policy at https://lilt.com/legal/privacy.

At LILT, we are committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent hiring process. As part of our recruitment efforts, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, including résumé screening, assessment scoring, and interview analysis. These tools are designed to support human decision-making and help us identify qualified candidates efficiently and objectively. All final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have any concerns or require accommodations related to the use of AI in our hiring process, please let us know at recruiting@lilt.com.

LILT is an equal opportunity employer. We extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to an individual’s race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, veteran or marital status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. We are committed to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.

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