Senior Java Developer, Smartling
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Translation & content localization platform
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Translation & content localization platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
Smartling's mission is to move the world with words.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re excited to learn, experiment, and apply the latest engineering techniques to build scalable and high-performing services used by thousands daily, we want to meet you!
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Development, or related field
- 6+ years of hands-on Java development experience
- Proficiency in designing and building APIs using HTTP and REST
- Strong knowledge of relational databases
- Experience with AWS, Linux, and server-side development
- Understanding of distributed computing principles and algorithms
- Familiarity with asynchronous patterns and messaging technologies
- Expertise in Design Patterns for scalable, stable systems
- Open to adopting modern approaches to efficient development, including AI tools
- Upper-Intermediate spoken English for occasional client discussions and troubleshooting
Desirable
- Experience with Python and other scripts
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases, large datasets, or cloud storage like Amazon S3
- Knowledge of NodeJS, React, or Redux – or willingness to learn, as backend and frontend are tightly integrated
- Experience with headless browsers for rendering and automation
What the job involves
- Smartling is looking for a creative and passionate Senior Java Developer to join our team
- This is your chance to work on cutting-edge, highly interactive, service-driven applications that empower businesses globally
- You’ll be part of the team building and maintaining a cutting-edge translation management application that allows our clients and professional translators to manage the localization process for their websites and documents agilely
- Our rapidly growing client list includes top names from the technology and Fortune 500 worlds
- Full time. We will help with the initial setup and domain knowledge
- Develop and maintain efficient, scalable code and infrastructure capable of handling thousands of operations per second
- Innovate and implement new features that elevate user experience and satisfaction
- Monitor and analyze application metrics, responding promptly to alerts to ensure high availability and performance
- Fine-tune services and databases for optimal cost-efficiency and ease of maintenance
- Perform in-depth architecture and code reviews to uphold the highest standards of quality and engineering excellence
- Continuously improve technologies, ensuring robust security, streamlined deployments, and adoption of the latest advancement
- Key Projects:
- Visual Contexts: Enhance services to provide visual contexts for translations, integrating videos, images, documents, and web pages with features like OCR, server-side HTML rendering, and file format conversion
- AI and Prompt Engineering: Build and enhance a dedicated LLM service to simplify AI feature integration across Smartling’s platform. This project includes writing and testing prompts, supporting multiple LLM providers, and developing robust APIs to bring AI-powered localization and automation features into all platform components
- API Gateway: As the core of Smartling’s API ecosystem, the API Gateway handles all incoming requests with efficient routing, rate limiting, monitoring, and validation. This service is vital for ensuring stability, reliability, and high performance in all conditions
- Our Processes & Beliefs:
- DevOps is not a team – it is a culture
- Continuous Deployment – multiple times daily
- Service Oriented Architecture and APIs
- Full test automation – we have no QA team
Our take
Smartling leverages a network of professional translators and AI translation software to enable companies to connect locally with audiences anywhere, through any channel. Over the last few years, the company has emerged as a real market leader.
The appeal is obvious: since a company’s online presence is unlimited by geography, it shouldn’t be limited by language. The advantage of an offering like Smartling is that it doesn’t just loosely translate meaning like a browser would, but can also translate impact. As fast growth companies scale internationally and bring their brand message to new markets, this kind of service can prove crucial.
The roll call of customers is proof of the startup's success, with the likes of Shopify, Lyft, Tinder, Samsung, H&M, Mastercard, and plenty of others all taking advantage of its platform. Smartling has raised substantial funding and achieved a strong rate of growth which is still accelerating - all boding well for its future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2021
$160m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
May 2014
$25m
SERIES D
Total funding: $227.2m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Flexible vacation & PTO
- Health Benefits
- Generous Maternity/Paternity Leave
- 401k Retirement Planning
- Commuter Benefits
- Remote Hires
- Employee Referral Bonus
Company values
- Take Care of Our People
- Good Today, Perfect Tomorrow
- Constraint Breeds Creativity
- Debate, Then Commit
- Be Accountable
Company HQ
Garment District, New York, NY
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Leadership
Jack Welde
(Founder & President)Former CEO of the company. Began their career in the US Air Force. Former SVP of Product at eMusic, former COO/CTO of SheSpeaks, and former COO at RunTime Technologies.
Bryan Murphy
(CEO)Director at MadCap Software, PlayPower and JEGS High Performance.
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