Localization Specialist

Localization Academy Inc.; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Joybuy in Europe is seeking a detail‑oriented Localization Specialist to adapt the overseas e‑commerce interface for Italian users and to collaborate with language vendors and cross‑functional teams. You will ensure high‑quality multilingual content and support AI language model localization for Italian and other languages.

Join a fast‑growing, inclusive environment, contributing to product launches and marketing campaigns with precise localization and strong cultural nuance.

Qualifications

• Native speaker of Italian, with high proficiency in English.
• 2+ years of experience in translation or localization; e-commerce background preferred.
• Detail-oriented, highly responsible, and adaptable.
• Excellent communication skills, team spirit, and self-motivation.

Responsibilities

• Localization of overseas e-commerce website interface; manage language vendors.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and ensure a seamless multilingual UX.
• Assure localization quality through QA and issue resolution; hands-on mindset.
• Identify localization challenges and drive language quality improvement projects.
• Build and maintain glossaries, style guides, and process docs for localization.
• Lead other localization projects and optimize team workflows and impact.
• Support product launches and marketing with professional localization solutions.
• Collaborate with AI team on data annotation, quality assessment, and prompt optimization for multilingual translation.

Skills

Italian native speaker

English proficiency

Translation/localization experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Job description

Who We Are

Joybuy is JD.comu2019s dedicated retail platform for Europe, offering products across a wide range of categories. Operating across the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg, weu2019re building the future of retail through smart systems, bold ideas, and a customer-first mindset. Backed by JD.com, also known as JINGDONG, and its trusted global technology and supply chain ecosystem, we deliver a shopping experience that is speedy, reliable, and genuinely enjoyable. If youu2019re ready to make a difference, bring your talent and grow with us. Donu2019t just buy, Joybuy. Learn more about who we are and what we do: https://about.joybuy.com/about/

What We Offer

Joining Joybuy means becoming part of a business where people, innovation, and impact work together to shape the future of cross-border e-commerce. Youu2019ll contribute to smart supply chains, efficient logistics, and meaningful projects that drive real customer value. With a competitive salary, great office locations, and a supportive, people-first culture, youu2019ll have the space to grow your career, learn from talented colleagues, and make a genuine impact in a fast-expanding international business.

About The Team

Youu2019ll be joining the Joybuy team, which values collaboration, ownership, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the localization of the overseas e-commerce website interface. Manage language vendors and language resources.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deeply understand user needs and create a consistent, seamless multilingual user experience.
• Ensure the localization quality of e-commerce web content through quality assurance and issue resolution; always maintain a hands‑on, roll‑up-your-sleeves mindset.
• Identify key challenges in the localization process, lead language quality optimization projects, and collaborate with the development team to drive improvements in systems and tools.
• Build and maintain the localization team's knowledge base, including glossaries, style guides, and process documentation.
• Participate in other localization-related projects, proactively propose improvement suggestions, and continuously optimize team workflows and impact.
• Collaborate with product, marketing, and operations teams to provide professional localization and language solutions for new product launches and marketing campaigns.
• Collaborate deeply with the AI team to participate in the training and optimization of the company's multilingual Large Language Model (LLM). Be responsible for data annotation, quality assessment, prompt optimization, as well as the evaluation and feedback of generated results for French/German/Dutch/English*, continuously improving AI translation quality and localization adaptability in multilingual scenarios.

Qualifications

• Native speaker of Italian, with high proficiency in English.
• 2+ years of experience in translation or localization; a background in the e-commerce industry is preferred.
• Detail-oriented, highly responsible, and adaptable. Possess a keen sensitivity to local user needs and cultural nuances.
• Excellent communication skills, team spirit, and self-motivation. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, cross-border collaborative environment.

At Joybuy, weu2019re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Weu2019re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.