Software Engineer, Localization
San Francisco • FullTime
Posted 5mo ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
OpenAI's Internationalization team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build the systems that power localization and international product launches. This role involves working on the platform that manages product content, translation workflows, and localization infrastructure across all OpenAI products. It sits at the intersection of AI systems, developer platforms, and product infrastructure, aiming to ensure OpenAI products work seamlessly across languages, regions, and cultures.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale OpenAI’s localization, content, and experimentation platform.
- Develop AI-powered translation pipelines with human-in-the-loop review workflows.
- Design systems for reliable delivery of localized product content across web and mobile apps.
- Build tools for linguists and localization teams to review and improve translations.
- Develop developer tooling to simplify localization and internationalization workflows.
- Build and maintain internationalization libraries for handling numbers, currencies, dates, and pluralization across locales.
- Improve support for multilingual interfaces and right-to-left languages.
- Partner with product teams to enhance the international readiness of new features.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering experience building backend or full-stack systems.
- Familiarity with Java, React, MySQL, and cloud infrastructure patterns (object storage, containerized services, Kubernetes).
- Experience building platforms and internal tools.
- Experience with or appreciation for open-source software and developer tooling.
- Interest in combining AI systems with human workflows.
- Care about product quality and global user experience.
- Appreciation for cultural and linguistic differences; multilingual proficiency is a plus.