Localization Engineer

Hybrid Work Model

#LIhybrid

Job Summary:
We are seeking a talented and motivated Localization Engineer to join our Localization team part of Global Product Operations. In this technical role youll design develop and maintain tools pipelines and automation to support the translation and global adaptation of our games and related content. Youll have the opportunity to work across all studios and franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog Persona Yakuza/Like a Dragon Total War Alien Isolation and Football Manager.

In this role youll collaborate closely with localization managers translators QA and developers to ensure high technical quality and timely delivery of localized products for worldwide audiences. This role reports into our Localization Engineering group part of Global Product Operations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build & Maintain Localization Tools: Develop optimize and support custom scripts and utilities to extract process validate and reintegrate localization assets.
• CommandLine Automation: Automate repetitive localization engineering processes via commandline interfaces and automation scripts.
• Structured File Handling: Work extensively with Excel CSV JSON and XML filesdefining schemas transforming data and troubleshooting issues.
• Support Localization Pipelines: Collaborate crossfunctionally with localization project managers and development teams to ensure the timely flow of information data integrity and efficiency.
• QA & Bug Fixing: Analyze and resolve localization bugs related to encoding file structure string formatting and integration.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for tools workflows and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned
• Working inoffice: is an essential function of this position. This requirement of facetoface interaction is in place to ensure effective supervision collaboration and teamwork. Inoffice attendance is required for the following reasons:
  • For effective supervision of employees and our work product which includes ensuring all employees have the necessary oversight of their work and access to supervisory assistance which includes meetings to review work product deadlines and status.
  • To foster communication and collaboration among team members which includes the following: allowing for spontaneous brainstorming sessions and exchanges of ideas quick access to team members to enable collaborative problemsolving and stronger cohesion among coworkers and within teams.
  • To enhance the sharing of information necessary to effective job performance and product creation.
  • To enhance understanding of our stakeholders work and business needs facilitate a more seamless and organic workflow and ultimately increase efficiency and successful outcomes.

Qualifications and Skills:
MustHaves:

• 23 years proficiency with Python or C# for scripting and tool development.
• Understanding of standard localization and localization workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Detailoriented with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Enthusiastic gamer or passion for games and localization is a big plus.
• This role will be required to work onsite in our Irvine office at least 3 days a week.

Plus:

• Frontend development skills (HTML5/CSS/React/Angular).
• Experience with CMS or TMS/CAT toolsespecially memoQ.
• Familiarity with REST APIs for automation and integrations.
• Experience with version control systems such as SVN Git GitHub.
• Data wrangling and transformation skills (largescale string handling).
• Understanding of string encoding including Unicode and RegEx for complex data validation.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Google Cloud AWS Azure).
• Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA or Redmine.