Localization Software Engineer, Associate

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Job Summary:

SAS is a leader in data and AI, inspiring customers worldwide to transform data into intelligence. The Localization Software Engineer will develop and support the Localization Pipeline, ensuring that project management, translation, and QA teams have the necessary tools to perform their tasks effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Designs and develops high quality and scalable solutions within established timelines while adhering to R&D best practices and processes.

• Participates in the construction, development and maintenance of the localization pipeline and solutions.

• Works to develop and improve GenAI-powered tools, libraries and features for multilingual support.

• Handles implementation and proper support of various file types in our TMS.

• Discusses issues and solutions with localization project managers, translators, and other key stakeholders to improve localization efficiency and quality and develops solutions or tools as necessary.

• Participates in project scoping and scheduling; tracks progress of individual tasks and alerts project lead or manager of issues meeting schedule.

• Maintains accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 5 years of software engineering or Localization experience.

• Bachelor's degree in English, Computer Science, Mathematics or related quantitative field

• Equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

• Possesses strong programming skills in Go, Python and Typescript

• Working knowledge of software localization, methodologies, and languages

• Has extensive experience with Jira, Confluence, Github (workflows and actions), Gitlab and Gerrit.

• Flexibility and ability to learn new technologies

• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of various TMS including Smartling

• Is self-motivated, proactive, thinks analytically and able to effectively communicate problems and fixes

• Works independently or with a team, under tight deadlines.

• Possesses interpersonal, documentation, and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work in a multicultural, multilingual and collaborative environment

• Familiarity with agile development practices and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proficiency in additional language(s) is a plus

Company:

SAS provides advanced business analytics and business intelligent software and services to enable companies to optimize their operations. Founded in 1976, the company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.