Software Developer Bardi

Software Developer
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

At Keywords, we are using our passion for games, technology and media to create a global services platform for video games and beyond.

Our aim is to become the "go to" provider of technical services.

We enable leading content creators and publishers to leverage our expertise and capacity across the lifecycle of interactive content.

In so doing we empower our clients to remain lean and agile, and to focus on creating the most engaging experiences.

Keywords is trusted and relied upon by many of the world's leading video game companies to work alongside them Importante Azienda concept, development and live operations by leveraging the breadth and depth of our industry leading service lines every step of the way.

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Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Localization Engineer to be part of our international team responsible for developing the technology supporting the Keywords Studios group videogames translation workflows.

Key responsibilities and activities

Set up specific environments and tools for localization

Identify and extract localizable content from complex formats

Convert final translated assets back to original formats

Automate asset transfer from and to customers portals

Troubleshooting issues coming from production, originating from translation process

Contribute actively to the design, development and deployment of new production processes

Development of tools for production

Customize localization workflows and facilitate integration of localizationtools with different source content repositories

Review and anticipate potential globalization issues for new features, locales and technology

Ensure compliance with clients requirements and integrity of data

Provide support to operations and sales management

Work with other developers and engineers to implement technical solutions for end-to-end localization processes

Review business requirements and identify technical design that is required to meet the business needsRequirements

Skills required

University degree in computer science or equivalent background

At least 2 to 3 years experience in software development

Knowledge of programming languages (VB, VBA, C#, Java), scripting (Python, Perl, JavaScript) and markup languages (XML, HTML, XLIFF); confidence with API programming

Experience writing SQL queries is a plus

Advanced knowledge of regular expressions and text manipulation

Excellent knowledge of most important CAT tools on the market (memoQ, XTM, Memsource, Wordbee, etc.

)

Knowledge of multilingual localization issues and procedures (managing characters set and encoding, text direction, text strings sorting and handling)

Knowledge of Machine Translation technology is a plus

Able to communicate effectively with stakeholders who have varying levels of technical expertise

Fluent in English

Passion for global solutions, international customers, and teamwork

Focus on automation

Behavioral Skills Required

Good problem-solving skills combined with strong analytical abilities to find creative solutions

Team player

Strong time management, organizational and support skills

Strongly service oriented, to efficiently support internal and external customers