Requirements
- 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering.
- Proven track record at leading technology companies and/or graduation from top-tier engineering universities.
- Native or near-native fluency, with a deep understanding of its grammar, register, and phrasing rules.
- High English proficiency.
- Strong proficiency in Python, standard shell scripting, and data processing.
- Extensive experience with Terminal/CLI-based development workflows and a working familiarity with coding agents.
- Deep technical understanding of multilingual text processing pitfalls, including: Encoding/decoding robustness and Unicode normalization.
- Locale-dependent conventions (collation, casing, non-Gregorian dates).
- Text I/O, toolchain interoperability, and safe string operations.
- For specific languages: Bidirectional/RTL handling, font fallbacks, and rendering/typography in UI or artifacts.
Benefits
- Your schedule, your rules. As an independent contractor, work when you want, as much or as little as you want.
- No fixed hours, no check-ins, no micromanaging.
- Get paid quickly and fairly. We respect your time and your expertise.
- Competitive rates, prompt payments, no chasing invoices.
- Work on projects that actually matter.
- Contribute to cutting-edge AI and language technology that is shaping how humans and machines communicate.
- Be part of something bigger.
- Join a global community of linguists, subject matter experts, and language professionals who are advancing human knowledge together.
- Grow without limits.
- As a Lilt contractor you get access to diverse, innovative projects that expand your portfolio and sharpen your skills across industries and domains.
- Have fun doing what you love.
- Bring your language skills to life on projects that are as interesting as they are impactful.
- Earn money. Have fun. Advance human knowledge.
- Work on diverse projects from anywhere, any time you want.
- Get paid quickly and fairly, and build your professional network in a supportive community—all through a streamlined application process tailored to your expertise.
