Vaga — Localization Specialist

Accountabilities: Translate, review, and culturally adapt product interfaces, UX copy, websites, internal systems, and related educational content for Brazilian Portuguese audiences. Review localized content directly within the product, checking context, formatting, truncation, variables, and overall user experience. Identify and report technical localization issues, including exposed tags, incorrectly formatted variables, encoding problems, and text that does not display correctly. Collaborate with engineering teams to understand technical constraints such as character limits, interface components, placeholders, and implementation requirements. Maintain and continuously improve Brazilian Portuguese glossaries, style guides, and translation memories to ensure consistent terminology. Work with international teams in English to clarify context, priorities, requirements, and deadlines for localization projects. Conduct linguistic quality assurance (LQA) across localized screens and user flows, comparing them with source content and identifying inconsistencies before release. Adapt educational and institutional content to Brazilian linguistic, cultural, and educational contexts, including locally appropriate expressions and references. Requirements Native-level Brazilian Portuguese proficiency, with excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and sensitivity to tone and register. Advanced English proficiency, with the ability to understand source materials and technical documentation and communicate effectively with international and engineering teams. Previous experience in translation and/or localization of digital products, platforms, websites, software, systems, or similar content. General understanding of digital products and software development, sufficient to communicate effectively with technical teams about localization implementation and quality. Familiarity with internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) concepts, including variables/placeholders, character limits, pluralization, and common translation file formats such as JSON, XML, .po , and .strings . Strong organizational skills, autonomy, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple project-based requests within defined deadlines. Experience with CAT tools or translation management systems such as Crowdin, Trados, memoQ, XTM, Lokalise, or Phrase is a plus. Familiarity with Git/version control, JSON, HTML, or other markup technologies is desirable. Background or experience in Languages, Translation, Linguistics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is advantageous, particularly a combination of linguistic and technical expertise. Experience with EdTech products or educational content for Brazilian schools, as well as collaboration with engineering or product teams in Agile environments, is a plus. Benefits Remote work from Brazil. Part-time, project-based engagement with workload varying according to project needs. PJ/independent contractor arrangement. Flexible, on-demand work model designed around individual projects. Project-based compensation , negotiated according to the scope of each assignment. Immediate start available. Opportunity to contribute to the localization of a global digital learning product used by educators and students internationally. Collaboration with international, engineering, and product teams in a technology-driven environment. Opportunities to work across translation, localization, product, UX, and educational content.