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title: 'Software Engineer at General Translation'
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# Software Engineer at General Translation

- **Company:** General Translation
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-02-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/generaltranslation/e8b7eb44-f36b-4032-a5f4-fff189f29f51

## Job description

WHY GENERAL TRANSLATION?

General Translation http://generaltranslation.com is run by engineers, for engineers. We build open-source infra and AI workflows to help the world's best companies launch their products in Spanish, French, Japanese, and dozens of other languages.

The team is ex-Sentry, Meta, and Goldman Sachs, and we already serve incredible customers like Cursor, Cognition, Clickhouse, and Mintlify.

We're looking for TypeScript engineers who can invent their way out of impossible problems. These people are rare. If this is you, we want to talk.

We'll give you an intense working environment and extreme creative control. We also have very competitive salary, equity, and benefits.

## REQUIREMENTS:

- Exceptional TypeScript proficiency
- Willingness to work onsite in San Francisco (relocation required)
- Experience with LLMs, especially in translation and codegen

## 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

## About General Translation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: General Translation builds a full-stack, developer-first localization platform that uses AI agents to translate apps, docs, and websites into 119+ languages.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Archie McKenzie

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Technology, Localization, AI-powered Translation, Developer Tools
- Target customers: B2B, primarily engineering teams and developer-focused companies (mid-market to enterprise)
- Mission or purpose statement: To make every app accessible to users worldwide, regardless of the language they speak, by building the future of internationalization.

## Products & Services
- **AI Localization Agents**: Agents that connect to a codebase, internationalize code, and open pull requests with translations. They map out changes, create translations in context, and handle the entire workflow from commit to PR.
- **Developer SDKs & Libraries**: Developer-first libraries for React, Next.js, and other frameworks, battle-tested in production apps with millions of users.
- **Translation Editor**: A side-by-side workspace for reviewing, editing, and approving translations, including diff views when translations are regenerated.
- **Platform (Context & Customization)**: Glossaries, locale rules, custom prompts for controlling tone and terminology, and locale-specific components.
- **Edge CDN**: A global, low-latency translation CDN that allows over-the-air updates without redeploying the application.
- **Middleware & Routing**: Automatic language detection and locale-based routing with SEO-friendly paths and zero configuration.
- **Live Translation**: Runtime translation of user-generated content on demand with low latency.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (latest deal type is Seed, post-valuation not public)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $2.74M (raised across at least two Seed rounds, most recently $2.74M on April 22, 2025) [pitchbook.com]
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly named in public sources; team background includes ex-Sentry, Meta, and Goldman Sachs. Trusted by notable customers including Ramp, Cursor, Cognition, Clickhouse, and Mintlify. [linkedin.com]
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Employee headcount grew +133.3% year-over-year (to 6 employees as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com]
  - Website traffic grew +181.5% year-over-year [linkedin.com]
  - LinkedIn followers grew +356.8% year-over-year [linkedin.com]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Developer-First Approach**: The platform is built "by engineers, for engineers," with deep integration into developer workflows (CI/CD, pull requests, codebases).
- **Full-Stack Infrastructure**: Covers the entire localization pipeline — from code scanning and internationalization to translation, review, and edge delivery — rather than offering just a translation API.
- **AI-Native Agents**: AI agents understand project structure and localize content in context, reducing manual engineering overhead.
- **Speed & Autonomy**: Translations are automatically detected in PRs and updated without manual work; edge CDN allows instant, redeploy-free updates.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening AI agent capabilities for more autonomous and context-aware localization workflows.
- Expanding language coverage (currently 119+ languages) and supporting more file types and frameworks.
- Growing the customer base among top-tier tech companies by offering a seamless, developer-centric experience.
- Building out the team in San Francisco (onsite) to accelerate product development.

## Why Work Here
- **Engineering Culture**: Described as "intense working environment and extreme creative control" for engineers who can solve "impossible problems" [tealhq.com].
- **Tech Stack**: Heavy TypeScript focus, with work on LLMs for translation and code generation.
- **Team**: Small, high-caliber team (~8 employees) from companies like Sentry, Meta, and Goldman Sachs [linkedin.com][pitchbook.com].
- **Location**: Onsite in San Francisco (relocation required), with office at 44 Montgomery St.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Competitive salary and significant equity; 401k with 3.5% matching; 100% coverage for Health, Dental, and Vision; free meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner); free Waymo rides home from work. [tealhq.com]
- **Growth Opportunity**: Join a very early-stage (Seed) company with strong product-market fit and a rapidly growing customer base, offering significant ownership and impact.

## Sources
1. [generaltranslation.com](https://generaltranslation.com/en-US)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/generaltranslation)
3. [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/708157-63)
4. [tealhq.com](https://www.tealhq.com/job/software-engineer_7ea1ac4654fa2ea0b658336df2e56e3c2b2da)

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