LILT is the leading AI solution for enterprise translation. Our stack of Contextual AI, Connector APIs, and Human Adaptive feedback enable global organizations to adopt a true AI translation strategy, focusing on business outcomes instead of outputs. We bring human-powered, technology-assisted translations to global enterprises. We give organizations everything they need to scale their translation programs, go-to-market faster than ever, and improve the global customer experience. Speaking of – with Lilt, innovative, category-defining organizations like Intel, ASICS, WalkMe, and Canva are using AI-powered technology to deliver multilingual, digital customer experiences at scale. Lilt is based in San Francisco with global offices in Berlin, Dublin, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., London, and Argentina, and are backed by Intel Capital, Sequoia, Redpoint, Zetta, and XSeed.

About LILT
AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation.
Were on a mission to make the worlds information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cuttingedge AI, machine translation, and humanintheloop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more costeffectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality.
At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation , Canva , the United States Department of Defense , the United States Air Force , ASICS , and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a categorydefining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.
The Engineering Team at LILT LILT is a highperformance, largescale language translation system. We invest in and prioritize workflow (i.e., usability and interface design) and backend AI systems. Since the translation workforce is distributed worldwide, there are interesting cloud engineering problems to solve. We have a strong preference for building our own backend technology, so you’ll be implementing and working with the latest natural language processing (NLP) techniques and ideas.
Where You’ll Work
This position can be based out of our Indianapolis, IN office and will be expected to work in the office in a hybrid capacity. Additional locations include the Washington D.C., New York City, and Boston metropolitan areas where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once offices are opened in those locations.
You must be located in, or near a Hub to be considered*
Authorization to work in the US is a precondition of employment.
What you’ll do
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work with a group of talented, missiondriven colleagues to propose ideas to define, drive, and execute projects on Lilt’s core platform–the heart of our machine translation services. You will enable customers to deliver multilingual journeys and to provide truly localized experiences. This is a highvisibility, highimpact role with enormous growth opportunities.
You must be curious, have attention to detail, be energized by a challenging entrepreneurial environment, be comfortable thinking big while also diving deep, and be open to experimenting and iterating on processes as the company grows.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to design, build and improve our platform’s backend systems, file filters and data stores to help us scale our services effectively.
Apply your engineering experience to implement new platform features to drive growth, partnering with product and engineering teams to help decompose huge business requirements into smaller deliverables.
Actively mentor peers and Lilt’s community on advanced technical issues, helping them grow their careers.
Strive to raise the technical excellence bar, contributing to code quality, doing code reviews, increasing test coverage, etc.
Skills and Experience
7+ years of software development experience with several general purpose programming languages including Java and Python.
5+ years of experience leading a major software component.
Proven ability to drive largescale engineering efforts to completion and demonstrated knowledge of industry trends and best practices for scaling cloudbased services.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Have
5+ years of experience with Okapi framework and file filters: XLIFF, XLIFF2, XML, JSON, Markdown, TTX filters, etc.
Benefits
Compensation: At market salary, meaningful equity, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off plus company holidays
Medical Benefits: Employees receive coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus FSADFSA, HSA, and Commuter benefits. In addition, LILT pays for basic life insurance, shortterm disability, and longterm disability
Paid parental leave is provided after 6 months.
Monthly lifestyle benefit stipend via the Fringe platform to allow employees to customize benefits to their lifestyle
Our Story
Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. While together at Google, they were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company.The quality just wasn’t there. So they set out to build something better. LILT was born.
LILT has been a machine learning company since its founding in 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cuttingedge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT has prioritized investments in Large Language Models, humanintheloop systems, and now agentic AI.
With AI innovation accelerating and enterprise demand growing, the next phase of LILT’s journey is just beginning.

Our TechWhat sets our platform apart:
Brandaware AI that learns your voice, tone, and terminology to ensure every translation is accurate and consistent
Agentic AI workflows that automate the entire translation process from content ingestion to quality review to publishing
100+ native integrations with systems like Adobe Experience Manager, Webflow, Salesforce, GitHub, and Google Drive to simplify content translation
Humanintheloop reviews via our global network of professional linguists, for highimpact content that requires expert review

LILT in the NewsFeatured in The Software Report’s Top 100 Software Companies!
LILT makes it onto the Inc. 5000 List.
LILT’s continues to be an intellectual powerhouse, holding numerous patents that help power the most efficient and sophisticated AI and language models in the industry.
Check out all our news on our website.
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At LILT, we are committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent hiring process. As part of our recruitment efforts, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, including résumé screening, assessment scoring, and interview analysis. These tools are designed to support human decisionmaking and help us identify qualified candidates efficiently and objectively. All final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have any concerns, require accommodations, or would like to optout of the use of AI in our hiring process, please let us know at recruiting@lilt.com.
LILT is an equal opportunity employer. We extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to an individual’s race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, veteran or marital status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. We are committed to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.

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