Localization Technical Solution Architect | Irvine, CA

Blizzard Entertainment; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 41,066 - 75,960; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Mental health programs

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Localization Technical Solution Architect in Irvine, CA, to optimize its global localization ecosystem. In this hybrid role, you'll design integration solutions, streamline workflows, and automate processes to enhance player experiences globally.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in localization engineering or solutions architecture, strong program management skills, and familiarity with localization platforms. The position offers a range of benefits including healthcare and 401(k) matching.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in localization engineering or a similar role.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with localization data formats including JSON and XML.

Responsibilities

• Communicate technical concepts clearly to stakeholders.
• Establish quality checks and compliance standards.
• Support integration of ML-powered capabilities into workflows.

Skills

Localization engineering

Program management

Technical program delivery

Scripting or automation (Python)

Familiarity with localization platforms

APIs and webhooks

Tools

MemoQ

Smartling

XTM

Power Automate

Postman

Job description

Localization Technical Solution Architect | Irvine, CA

We invite you to join us! Our team is looking for a Localization Technical Solution Architect to help scale and optimize our global localization ecosystem. In this role, you’ll design integration solutions, streamline workflows, and drive automation across our content pipelines to deliver high-quality, culturally relevant player experiences worldwide. We value diverse perspectives and are looking for individuals who can help push our systems and processes forward.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this position is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Communicate technical concepts, trade-offs, risks, and status clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Establish quality checks, governance practices, and compliance standards for integrations and automated workflows, including data security and privacy considerations.
• Support the evaluation and integration of ML-powered capabilities such as NMT, LLMs, and ML-assisted QA into localization workflows where they provide measurable value.
• Create and maintain clear technical and project documentation, including requirements, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, and success criteria.
• Identify process gaps and automation opportunities that reduce manual effort and improve localization quality, speed, and scalability.
• Drive integration initiatives from discovery through rollout, including workflow analysis, scope definition, milestone planning, and cross-functional coordination.
• Partner with Localization, Engineering, Production, IT, and external vendors to gather requirements, define scalable solutions, and align on implementation plans.
• Design and implement integrations across localization systems such as TMS, CAT, CMS, DAM, and ML-enabled platforms using APIs, connectors, and automated workflows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in localization engineering, solutions architecture, technical program delivery, or a similar integration-focused role.
• Strong program management and communication skills, including experience driving milestones, managing dependencies and risks, and translating business needs into technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of localization workflows, including content handoff, versioning, terminology or translation memory management, review cycles, and multilingual delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with localization platforms such as MemoQ, Smartling, XTM, Gridly, or similar tools, and localization data formats such as XLIFF, TMX, JSON, XML, and CSV.
• Working knowledge of databases, ETL or data transformation, authentication and security approaches such as OAuth 2.0 and SSO, and common observability practices for workflow health monitoring.
• Hands‑on experience with scripting or automation, preferably Python, plus familiarity with cloud environments such as Azure.
• Strong understanding of APIs, webhooks, and data pipelines, with familiarity in integration patterns such as event‑driven, batch, and real‑time workflows.
• Experience delivering integrations across localization platforms and related systems such as TMS, CAT, CMS, DAM, and external vendor environments.

Extra Points

• Multilingual capabilities or prior experience working directly with localization service providers or external localization vendors.
• Experience supporting large‑scale, live‑service, or multi‑vendor content ecosystems.
• Exposure to CMS, DAM, DevOps, or content operations tools such as Contentstack, AEM, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Experience with API testing and documentation tools such as Postman or Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Familiarity with iPaaS or workflow automation tools such as Azure Logic Apps, MuleSoft, Workato, or Power Automate.
• Experience integrating ML solutions into localization workflows, including NMT, LLMs, or ML‑assisted QA.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Accommodations

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [e-mail]. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $29.81 - $55.14 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location.