This role is ideal for a mid-level localization professional with 2–4 years of experience who thrives in fast-paced tech environments. You should be comfortable
Work type: remote
Location: New York, NY | San Francisco, CA | Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $113,000 – $125,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is ideal for a mid-level localization professional with 2–4 years of experience who thrives in fast-paced tech environments. You should be comfortable managing the end-to-end lifecycle of product, marketing, and support content, with a heavy emphasis on using Translation Management Systems (TMS) to scale global operations. Since this position requires professional proficiency in at least one language besides English, it’s a great fit for linguistically diverse project managers. The compensation is competitive ($100k - $125k) and comes with an extensive benefits package, including a 4% 401k match, childcare allowances, and a "dogfooding" credit to use on the platform. While the role is remote-friendly, it follows a "remote co-located" model: you must live within commuting distance of the NYC, SF, or LA hubs for occasional in-person collaboration. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have hands-on experience with tools like Smartling or Phrase. * Are comfortable "operating in ambiguity" within a high-growth marketplace. * Enjoy collaborating cross-functionally with product and engineering teams. * Reside near Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York City.
## 🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.
As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our [values](https://www.whatnot.com/careers) and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.
We're one of the [fastest growing marketplaces](https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/) and were recently named the [#1 Best Startup Employer in America](http://google.com/search?q=%231+forbes+startup+employer&oq=%231+forbes+startup+employer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg9MgYIAhBFGD0yBggDEEUYQDIGCAQQRRhAMgYIBRBFGEDSAQg1NzM0ajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our [news](https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/) and [engineering blogs](https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering) and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
## 💻 Role
The Localization Operations Specialist at Whatnot supports the day-to-day execution of localization initiatives across product, marketing, and support content. In close partnership with the Localization Operations Manager, this role ensures projects move efficiently from intake to delivery while maintaining quality, consistency, and clear communication across stakeholders and external partners.
Reporting to the Localization Operations Manager, this role focuses on operational excellence, launch support, workflow management, and continuous process improvement in a fast-growing, international environment.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
## 👋 You
People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it.
As our next Localization Operations Specialist, you should have:
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.