About the role
Overview
Smartling was founded 16 years ago to make localization and translation seamless. Today, Smartling is profitable and backed by Vitruvian Partners, a global technology-focused investment firm, supporting company growth and expanding our market share and leadership position. We are the only cloud-based, AI-enabled translation platform that combines a Neural Machine Translation Hub and professional language services, empowering teams to collaborate in real-time to create experiences customers love.
Smartling is looking for a creative and passionate Senior Software Engineer to work remotely and build and support highly-scalable services that deliver best-in-class experiences for our clients. You will be working on a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to technical architecture decisions, and building robust, enterprise-grade systems. You will have the opportunity to work across the full technology stack and deliver high-impact results for the company. You will be joining an existing team developing and maintaining Smartling's translation management application that allows our clients and professional translators to manage the localization process for their websites and documents in an agile fashion.
Our Engineering Processes & Beliefs:
AI-first development - AI agents write all new code, engineers own the design, review, and results
TDD - Test Driven Development
Continuous Deployment - multiple times daily
SOA - Service Oriented Architecture and APIs
Full test automation - we have no QA team
DevOps is not a team, it is a culture
You Will
Own features end to end, from clarifying the problem to releasing in production
Work across repositories and technologies (Java, Node, React, and others) delivering all new code through AI agents, with Claude Code as your main tool
Take responsibility for the quality of everything you ship, including work produced by AI agents
Work with colleagues, product managers, and CSMs to clarify scope, trade-offs, and client needs
Cover changes with automated tests and take them through the delivery pipeline
Judge your work by value delivered to clients and the company, not by lines changed or tickets closed
You Have
Senior engineering experience, and either full-stack skills or readiness to become full-stack
Working proficiency in at least one backend language (Java, Kotlin, or Node) and willingness to work in the others
Solid grasp of software architecture, including service-oriented architecture
Understanding of events, message buses, and asynchronous processing
Relational database background, including schema design, indexes
Computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, and runtime basics such as garbage collection
Hands-on experience with AI coding agents and the judgment to review what they produce
Engineering discipline. You can design, test, and explain every change you ship, including code written by an agent.
Broad knowledge across the stack rather than deep specialization in one tool
Fluent written and spoken English
Ability to communicate clearly with engineers and non-technical colleagues
BS+ degree in computer science or equivalent experience
A home office setup conducive for working remotely, and the ability to work effectively as a remote team member*
Preferred but not required
Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and large data sets
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
You Are
Curious. You learn new tools and areas quickly.
Value-driven. You choose the work that matters most to clients.
Detail-oriented. You verify what an agent produces before you ship it.
A team player. You work well with peers, product, and client-facing colleagues.
An individual contributor. You want to build and ship, not to manage people.
You Will Enjoy
Freedom - we are remote first
Growth - an opportunity to learn and advance your career
Modern tooling - Claude Code is a core part of your daily workflow
Culture - an energetic, value-driven, and fun culture and team spirit
Smartling is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, skills, and experiences.
*To work from home, you must have a strong internet connection, a quiet space, and a professional (distraction and clutter-free) background.
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