Friday, 19 December 2014

Internationalization Engineer | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA


Internationalization Engineer | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA



Internationalization Engineer

Content Platform Engineering

Los Gatos, CA

Our team is looking for a seasoned Internationalization Engineer to partner closely with localization and various engineering teams within Netflix. The primary focus of this position is to serve as a resource on i18n best practices, as well to architect, evangelize, and engineer solutions to solve i18n issues across various functions as we continue to expand on an international scale. This lean team primarily operates within our head quarters in Los Gatos, which is unique and enables effective cross-functional collaboration. If you would be interested in defining i18n at a growing company with ambitious goals for global development, we want to talk to you! 

Responsibilities:
- Own the i18n roadmap and communicate it to all involved
- Work with our Product Managers to ensure product business decisions are aligned with i18n best practices
- Work as an embedded engineer within different product teams to internationalize code, externalize all localizable content, and improve localizability
- Write scripts and automation tools when needed
- Help implement i18n tools for conformance at code submission or build time
- Organize ongoing i18n testing, bug logging and engineering
- Increase i18n knowledge of Netflix internal development teams
- Be the i18n evangelist at Netflix
- Drive usage of ISO, ICU and CLDR standards throughout engineering

Required Skills:
- 5+ years in i18n engineering, ideally related to web development
- 5+ years in web development role integrating i18n frameworks
- Clear communication and presentation skills
- Extensive knowledge of XML, Java, .Net, and associated i18n best practices for each
- Solid knowledge of Perforce, GIT, Oracle, Apache, web services, and advanced scripting skills
- Proven expertise in externalizing localizable strings stored in databases
- Experience with I18n tools and automation expertise
- Experience integrating enterprise-level localization tools into build systems to facilitate continuous localization cycles
- Association with the Unicode Consortium preferred. Thorough knowledge of ICU4J, CLDR, and other common standards
- Master's or Bachelor's Degree in CS
 
 
 
 
 

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