Manager, Software Localization Engineering

SAS Institute

Software Companies

Madrid - Spanien

Manager / Team Leader

Experteer Overview

In this role, you will lead a team that builds and scales AI-enabled localization pipelines to deliver high-quality multilingual software. You’ll shape the strategy for a globalized engineering function and partner with product, QA, and internationalization teams to drive efficient, secure localization. You will implement next-generation workflows that blend NMT/LLM technologies with robust backend services. This is an opportunity to influence how SAS products reach international customers through intelligent automation and scalable infrastructure.

Compensation / Benefits

well-being programs
competitive salary package
flexible hybrid work model
in energized and flexible environment
inclusive culture

Responsibilities

Lead a team of localization engineers and drive cross-regional collaboration
Define department strategy, governance, and process improvements
Oversee hiring, performance management and staff growth in partnership with HR
Develop and enhance Continuous Localization infrastructure and services
Architect scalable localization workflows integrating NMT/LLM frameworks
Build backend services, APIs, and microservices for automation of localization
Design integrations between product systems, TMS, content repositories, and CI/CD pipelines
Partner with QA to advance automated validation and linguistic QA
Align engineering execution with localization strategy with PMs
Guide tooling, automation, and AI-enabled localization practices across teams
Contribute to shared localization tools, frameworks, and standards
Develop metrics for localization quality, throughput, and delivery
Ensure compliance with security policies in secure software development
Embrace curiosity, accountability and a collaborative culture

Key requirements

6+ years in a technical localization management role
3+ years of people management experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, business or related field; Master’s preferred
Proven leadership of engineering teams and project oversight
Experience influencing workflows across product teams
Expertise in AI/ML as applied to developer tools or localization
Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript/Python or similar
Experience with TMS tools, workflows and metrics
Experience with Neural Machine Translation
Experience with GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, JIRA and Confluence
Experience with automated localization testing frameworks such as Robot Framework and Playwright
Experience developing AI/ML based tools or plugins for developer efficiency and global readiness
Ability to adjust working hours across time zones
Equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Global perspective Strategic planning Leading change TypeScript/JavaScript/Python TMS tools and workflows Neural Machine Translation

Description

In this role, you will lead a team that builds and scales AI-enabled localization pipelines to deliver high-quality multilingual software. Y…

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