Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1995, the group is present in 22 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, with over 1.600 employees supported by a network of linguists around the world.
At Acolad, every position is key to our global growth: we know that we will only succeed if our people succeed.
Joining Acolad means a unique opportunity for professional development through a collaborative global environment that promotes talent and creativity. We are continuously looking for new talent (like you) to support our mission to drive growth and innovation across some of the world's leading brands.
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About The Role
Our DNA is in the
global content lifecycle
; our future is in
global digital engagement
. This means we are the experts in helping brands engage in global conversations with all their users in any language, at any time. All of this requires a
cutting-edge production platform
, and that is exactly what you will be working on.
You will be working with both
enterprise-scale technology
and
cutting-edge application technology
to help craft a scalable production and project management system that empowers our customers' global conversation. You will work with
passionate colleagues
with a background in machine learning, big data, NLP, localization technology and business process management. Your stakeholders will span the globe, and your end customers will be some of the
world's biggest brands.
Key Responsibilities
* Help build a global application within an international agile team
* Work on systems that powers 600 million translations per year into 200 targets languages and distributed as tasks to tens of thousands of users
* Work in a self-organized and highly accountable manner to deliver functioning technology, not just assigned tasks—from design, through development, through ensuring responsiveness and performance
* Leverage your experience to help the team increase velocity
* Developing front end website design and architecture
* Designing and implementing user interactions on web pages
* Deliver software at enterprise scale
* Developing back end website functionality
* Working alongside UX/UI experts for application design and usability
* Collaborating with business analysts, testers, and peers to ensure delivery of a qualitative finished product
* Designing and developing services, APIs, and connectors in a heterogeneous application environment
* Debugging, bug fixing and software maintenance in a 3rd level support capacity for the production system
* Writing unit tests, provide constructive feedback and guidance during peer testing
* Working in an agile (Scrum) development environment, contribute in daily meetings, task estimation and sprint planning
* Writing and updating software documentation
Requirements
* You have a degree in Computer Science or a related filed
* At least 5 years' experience as a developer in an enterprise environment
* Strong knowledge of some development languages
* Experience in cross-platform development (including mobiles)
* Proficiency with fundamental languages such as JavaScript
* Familiarity with SQLServer database
* Working knowledge in using Confluence, Jira, Git and continuous deployment procedures
* Good verbal communication skills and a good team player
* Fluent English to collaborate within an international team
Benefits
Acolad is committed to creating a diverse and equitable workforce. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms—gender, age, disability, marital status, ethnic or social origin, religion, belief, or sexual orientation—enrich the workplace. It opens opportunities for individuals to express their talents, both individually and collectively, and strengthens our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their backgrounds.