Global Localization QA Specialist

Software Testing Notes; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Centific seeks a Localization QA Tester to ensure linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and a consistent user experience across languages. You will execute test cycles, review translated content, and report defects while collaborating with PMs, translators, and developers to improve QA processes.

Responsibilities include validating tone and grammar, UI encoding checks, and maintaining style guides. This role emphasizes detail, cross‑functional teamwork, and rigorous defect reporting in a

Qualifications

• Native-level proficiency in the target language.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).
• Experience with QA methodologies, bug tracking, and reporting.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly and professionally.
• Strong attention to detail for linguistic or UI issues.

Responsibilities

• Execute full Localization QA test cycles across different platforms, OS versions, and testing environments (including Production).
• Review, verify, edit, score, and translate copy across a wide range of media and content types.
• Validate localized content for tone, grammar, context, cultural relevance, and linguistic correctness.
• Evaluate UI behavior for truncation, clipping, alignment, wrapping, and encoding issues.
• Report and track bugs clearly and accurately; retest to confirm fixes.
• Provide clear feedback and suggestions regarding linguistic errors, UX issues, and functional defects.
• Contribute updates and recommendations to Style Guides and Terminology Databases.
• Assist with ad‑hoc localization QA tasks, spot checks, and build verifications.
• Collaborate with localization PMs, translators, developers, and QA teams.
• Suggest process or workflow improvements to increase QA efficiency, scalability, and consistency.

Skills

Native-level proficiency

Fluency in English

Tech-savvy

QA methodologies

Bug tracking

Communication

Tools

Worldserver

memoQ

Smartling

Lokalise

Job description

Centific seeks a Localization QA Tester to ensure linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and a consistent user experience across languages. You will execute test cycles, review translated content, and report defects while collaborating with PMs, translators, and developers to improve QA processes.

Responsibilities include validating tone and grammar, UI encoding checks, and maintaining style guides. This role emphasizes detail, cross‑functional teamwork, and rigorous defect reporting in a