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Senior Localisation Engineer

Heidi Health - Melbourne, VIC, Australia - In-office - posted 2026-08-19

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Heidi Health is building AI-powered clinical tools that reduce administrative burden on healthcare providers. The company has achieved significant scale—supporting 2.5 million patient sessions weekly across 190+ countries—and is now expanding its product footprint globally. As a Senior Localisation Engineer, you will own the technical infrastructure that enables Heidi's products to operate seamlessly across multiple languages and regions. This is a bridge role between engineering, product, design, and linguistics teams, requiring both deep technical expertise and collaborative problem-solving. Key responsibilities include: - Building and improving Heidi's localisation platform and workflows to support global scaling - Developing AI-assisted translation pipelines that combine automation with human review - Designing systems to reliably deliver localised content across web and mobile applications - Creating tools for linguists and product teams to manage, review, and improve translations - Contributing to developer tooling and open-source libraries for i18n workflows - Integrating localisation platforms (Crowdin, Smartling, etc.) into CI/CD pipelines - Working with structured content formats (JSON, XML, XLIFF) and version control systems - Identifying and resolving localisation issues across the full stack Required qualifications: - 3–10 years of professional software engineering experience - Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP) - Proficiency in Python or Go for building tools and automation - Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across technical and linguistic domains - Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration - Commitment to product quality and user experience Nice-to-have skills include experience with localisation platforms, NLP/language systems, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), internal tools development, and multilingual background. Heidi operates on a philosophy of building for long-term impact, shipping iteratively, and maintaining sustainable performance. The company values outcome-driven work, trusts employees to set their own schedules, and emphasises mental health alongside ambitious goals.

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