Role: Localization Engineer

Type: Contract position for 6 months

We are the Software Globalization group, responsible for developing the localized products within the engineering department. Our team enables non-English speaking users around the world to benefit from the mobile
technology. The Software Localization/Internationalization Engineer will be responsible for technical coordination and completion of all localized software products.

Skills/Experience:
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in product localization in a company with global products
* General character set knowledge.
* Deep understanding of resource file structure under various platforms and languages including MS Windows, Linux I18N schemes and C/C++/Java language is a MUST.
* Identifies Internationalization (I18N), Localization (L10N) and Globalization (G11N) issues in the product.
* Contribute in writing I18N coding guidelines and be able to present various topics on I18N to the development team.
* Willingness to work and to learn with team members
* Experience with localization software process and tools
* Experience with XML document generation and parsing
* Able to work in a fast moving environment with quick turn around objectives
* Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
* Experience in the handheld or mobile product industry preferred

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or EE, or relevant industry experience.

Duties/Responsibilities:
* Generate localization workload estimate of the projects
* Evaluate software localizability in the early development cycles
* Optimize and improve localization process
* Provide localization support to external localization vendors, translation reviewers, consultants, developers and internal groups on localization issues
* Work with cross-functional teams internal or external to communicate and resolve any internationalization or localization issues to ensure delivery of the localized products

For immediate consideration please send your resume to
raj@mindsource.com
with expected hourly rate and availability for a phone interview.