Localization Engineer

4 Weeks ago • 5 Years + • Game Story Writing/Narrative Design

Job Summary

Job Description

CD PROJEKT RED seeks a skilled Localization Engineer to join their Warsaw studio. This role involves collaborating with localization and narrative teams to develop and maintain tools, systems, and pipelines for managing vast amounts of dialogue in their games. Responsibilities include understanding team needs, building and maintaining content tools, writing optimized and scalable code, and ensuring solutions meet creative and technical goals. The ideal candidate possesses at least 5 years of game industry experience, strong C++ proficiency, Unreal Engine knowledge, and excellent communication skills. This position offers significant impact and ownership in a highly creative and dynamic environment.
Must have:
  • 5+ years game industry experience
  • Strong C++ programming
  • Unreal Engine knowledge
  • Relational database knowledge
  • Excellent communication (English)
Good to have:
  • C# and/or Python knowledge
  • Agile mindset
Perks:
  • Relocation support
  • Flexible working hours
  • Private medical healthcare
  • Psychological care
  • Multisport card
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Social events
  • Healthy office snacks
  • Onsite gym
  • Casual dress code

Job Details

Company Description

To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our  where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!

Job Description

CD PROJEKT RED is looking for a skilled Engineer to join our award-winning Warsaw studio, supporting our Localization department and Narrative teams. In this position you will work with our ambitious team to craft tools, pipelines and procedures capable of handling hundreds of thousands of lines of dialogue and bringing them to life in the game. As a Localization Engineer at CD PROJEKT RED you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and highly creative environment and have a significant impact and ownership on the development of one of our most important pipelines.

Daily Responsibilities

  • Work closely with localization and narrative teams to understand their needs and ensure solutions meet the creative and technical goals.
  • Build and maintain narrative content tools, systems and pipelines.
  • Write high-quality code that is optimized, scalable, bug-free, and aligned with project goals.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5 years experience in the game industry.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong proficiency in C++ programming and knowledge of Unreal Engine.
  • Basic knowledge of relational databases is required.
  • Basic knowledge of C# and/or Python is considered a plus.
  • Ability to comprehend unfamiliar code and work across many systems in the code base.
  • Solid communication skills, with the ability to communicate in English.
  • A team player.
  • Agile mindset is a plus.
  • Passion for creating games.

Additional Information

Relocation support

  • Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings: it’s all covered. 
  • Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements - all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
  • Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.

Perks & Professional Growth

  • Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
  • A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
  • Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
  • Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

Health & Well-being

  • Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
  • Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars. 
  • Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.

Social Activities & Life in the Office

  • Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
  • Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
  • Healthy selections — ​​organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
  • Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.

Head office in Warsaw

  • Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.
  • An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.
  • Car and bike parking spaces.
  • A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
  • No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

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About The Company

CD PROJEKT RED is home to over 1000 game-making professionals from all over the globe. We speak many different languages, but share one love — video games.


We are creators of The Witcher series of games, including the acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Most recently, we have created Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty.


We are headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with studios in Cracow and Wroclaw. In North America, we operate in Vancouver and will be opening a new studio in Boston to drive development on the followup to Cyberpunk 2077. 


We’re proud to have a gamer-first approach, a diverse & supportive culture, and a focus on mature, meaningful storytelling that will inspire gamers for years to come.


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