Job Description:
Welocalize is offering a unique opportunity for those who enjoy a combination of linguistic and technical work. We are seeking German Localization QA Testers / Proofreaders for a project in Austin, Texas. We need your native-level fluency skills combined with strong technical skills. If you are looking for a long-term (no end date) role this is a great opportunity for you!
The tester will conduct test cases, identify localization bugs, report them via an internal bug-tracking system as well as verify the fixes once implemented.
The perfect candidate will possess strong linguistic skills.
Job requirements:
On-Site in Austin, TX
W-2 (eligible for benefits based on hours worked)
Monday-Friday (9:00 am - 5:00 pm -> with one hour of lunch in between -> 35 hours per week)
You must have a valid visa to work in the USA
Preferred backgrounds: Marketing, Journalism, Copy Editing, Proofreading, Writing, Translation and/or Localization
Benefits:
▪️ Accident, CriticalIllness, Hospital Indemnity Insurance
▪️ Telemedicine Benefit
▪️ Paid Sick Time
▪️ Paid Holiday: 2 days
▪️ Employee Assistance Program
▪️ Mileage Reimbursement
Following eligibility requirements:
▪️ Medical Insurance
▪️ Dental Insurance
▪️ Vision Insurance
▪️ FSA and HSA
▪️ Voluntary Life Insurance
▪️ 401(k) Retirement Plan
Welocalize carefully considers a wide range of compensation variables including geographic location, job scope, and complexity, skill level, experience, or industry-specific knowledge.
Hourly flat rate: $28
Requirements
- Native-level fluency in their respective language (grammar, vocabulary, composition, punctuation)
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Experience working in translation
- Tech savvy, with experience testing web-based systems and applications on Mac OS X and iOS
- Ability to prioritize linguistic issues and distinguish between a true must-fix and a nice-to-have
- Experience working with test cases and test scripts
- Experience with bug tracking systems
- Ability to clearly articulate reproduction steps for a given issue and communicate critical information
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to work with very diverse teams
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Strong team ethic
Top Skills
What We Do
Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 250,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our people work across offices in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them.
• Global team of 2,100+
• Offices in North America, Europe and Asia
• Quality Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO 17100:2015, ISO 13485:2016, ISO 18587:2017
• Accredited professional translators and interpreters for 250+ languages
www.welocalize.com