About the role
WHY GENERAL TRANSLATION?
General Translation is run by engineers, for engineers. We build open-source infrastructure and AI workflows that help the world's best companies launch their products in Spanish, French, Japanese and dozens of other languages.
The team is ex-Sentry, Meta, Stripe and Goldman Sachs. Our customers already include some of the best engineering teams in the world, including Cursor, Ramp, Cognition, Okta, Profound, and ClickHouse. We’ve raised $27 million to date, with our recent Series A led by a16z.
We’re hiring software engineers who can invent their way out of impossible problems. These people are rare. We bet on exceptional early-career talent with an intense working environment and extreme creative control.
Why join GT? You’ll get career acceleration, ownership, and resources you can’t find at any other company. Our engineers ship from day one, with concrete ownership and unlimited AI token spend. You’ll be joining a generational developer infra company during a stage of hypergrowth.
General Translation works fully in-person in San Francisco. We offer highly competitive salary and equity, and provide top-tier benefits including free meals, gym, and Waymo rides from the office. You’ll also get a top-spec setup (including a 128GB RAM MacBook Pro) and full health coverage.
DESCRIPTION
We're looking for engineers who want to sit between our product and our customers. You'll work directly with engineering teams to get them shipped in every language, then turn what you learn into products that every customer gets.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build and own features across our libraries, dashboard and AI agent, driven by real customer problems
- Collaborate directly with design partners to develop highly requested features and ship them to all customers
- Work closely with Infra and GTM teams to improve user experience across our products
REQUIREMENTS
- Exceptional TypeScript proficiency
- Strong communication: you enjoy talking to customers as much as writing code
- Willingness to work onsite in San Francisco (relocation required)
BENEFITS
- Competitive salary and significant equity
- 401k with 3.5% matching
- 100% coverage for health, dental and vision
- Free meals at the office (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Free Waymo rides home from work