JUNIOR LOCALIZATION ENGINEER

Description Keywords Studios is an international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry.
Established in and headquartered in Dublin, Keywords now has over 80 studios located across Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
We provide integrated art production, engineering, audio services, testing, localization, marketing services and player support services across 50+ languages to a blue-chip client base located across 20+ countries.
We have a strong market position, providing services to 23 of the top 25 most prominent games companies.
With over passionate gaming employees around the world, we provide services to video game developers and publishers alike.
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About the Role We are looking for a Junior Localization Engineer to join our Global Localization Engineering team.
You will work alongside our Localization Engineers and Project Managers to support the localization of video games across a wide range of platforms.
In this role, you'll play a key part in supporting the day-to-day requirements of the Project Managers and help the team to identify and resolve technical bottlenecks in localization workflows.
A core part of your responsibility will be to assist the team in their mission to increase automation and efficiency across project workflows.
You'll learn how to identify the root causes of issues in localization workflows and help the team develop effective, scalable solutions.
Key Responsibilities Provide day-to-day technical support to Localization Project Managers Assist in identifying pain points in existing workflows and propose areas for automation or improvement Support setup of tools, environments, and file conversions for localization projects Help extract localizable content and prepare files for translation Troubleshoot basic issues related to translation assets and tools Collaborate with senior engineers on tool development and script maintenance Document recurring issues or inefficiencies for further analysis by the engineering team Participate in testing and rollout of new tools or process updates Ensure project data integrity and compliance with client requirements Help maintain automation scripts and contribute to ongoing tool development efforts Why Join Us? As a Junior Localization Engineer at Keywords, you'll have the opportunity to work with some of the most recognized companies in the video game industry.
This role is a stepping stone into advanced Localization Engineering and offers opportunities to grow your technical skills, collaborate with a global team, and contribute to solutions that help release multilingual games.
Requirements University degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience Basic knowledge or a strong interest in learning about markup languages (e.
., XML, HTML) Basic understanding or strong interest in using regular expressions to extract text patterns Basic knowledge or interest in learning to use CAT tools (memoQ, Phrase, CrowdIn, etc.) Basic knowledge or interest in learning about localization processes and multilingual file handling A service-oriented mindset and strong attention to detail Ability to communicate clearly in English with both technical and non-technical colleagues A desire to grow and contribute to a global team Experience with the MS Office Suite, or Google Workspace Desirable Familiarity with data analysis or SQL Knowledge of a wide variety of File Formats Some experience or a strong interest in programming and scripting (e.
., Python, C#, VBA etc) Understanding of internationalization (i18n) concepts A passion for automation and scalable solutions Disclaimer We do our best to respond to all applicants in a timely manner.
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We value and encourage diversity in all its forms.
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