Alejandro Salas Email & Phone Number

Port St. Lucie, FL, US

United States

• Elevated to the role of Software Engineer, I became more involved in the technological advancement of new translation tools. My role encompasses:
• Continuing to ensure the quality of our software through diligent QA of development sprint tickets, drawing upon an extensive knowledge base to influence the development of new features.
• Participating in the creation of automated testing frameworks for all our translation tools, further advancing our capabilities in maintaining high standards of quality and reliability.
• Driving the development of new features and tools to not only meet the immediate needs of our customers but also to anticipate future demands, positioning us at the forefront of the translation technology sector.Key.
• Designed and launched a Sanity.io connector to our Translation API using TypeScript, integrating essential technologies such as Node.js and Express, broadening our API's accessibility and utility.
• Spearheaded the development and publication of a Figma connector to our Translation API using Vue.js, incorporating essential technologies such as Vuex for state management and Vuetify for UI components, which enhanced.

Coconut Creek, Florida, United States

• As an Associate Software Engineer within our Agile development team, I was deeply involved in the quality assurance of development sprint tickets, leveraging my growing expertise in our tools and processes to provide.
• Collaboratively working within an Agile framework to maintain and enhance the quality of our translation tools.
• Developing automated tests using Selenium with Python for UI testing and JavaScript with Postman for API endpoint testing, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our translation tools.
• Initiating the development of tools designed to streamline operations for our team, addressing repetitive tasks and improving daily workflows.
• Participating in the creation and refinement of new features to meet the evolving needs of our customers and the market.Key Achievements:
• Created a TMX cleanup web application that optimizes the preparation of training documents for Neural Machine Translation, thereby enhancing the efficiency of our machine learning models.

Coconut Creek, Florida, United States

• Manage the Translation production team to develop and implement strategies that optimize processes and workflows with the goal of improving daily operations.Key achievements:
• Reduced by 60% time spent on the translation assignment workflow for a top tier customer.
• Collected and analyzed data with other departmental heads to identify and correct operational bottlenecks in our internal IT team reporting to the CEO.
• Designed and implemented a new process to assess and balance daily workload within the Translation Team.
• Developed a new playbook to make sure fundamental tasks are completed on every project, regardless of their complexity.

Coconut Creek, Florida

• Create requirements for development and maintenance of proprietary CAT tools; gather and reply to user feedback, and lead team in UAT efforts each sprint. Provide backlog management and prioritize requirements for.
• Streamlined day-to-day operations by onboarding 500 projects to a proprietary translation platform.
• Continuously trained new and existing production team members and clients across the world on proprietary CAT tools.
• Reported and followed up on more than 100 bugs and enhancement opportunities for our proprietary tools.

Coconut Creek, Florida

• Ensure new content on customers’ websites is processed in timely fashion.
• Verify that the translated websites meet the quality standards in translation, functionality, look and feel.
• Coordinate efforts and strategies to ensure translation quality.
• Manage workflow for translation requests from customers.
• Identify and find the best approach to resolve technical issues throughout the translation process.
• Identify gaps in processes to optimize workflows.

Deerfield Beach, FL

• Engage clients to procure new projects.
• Assess resources to set accurate deadlines and expectations.
• Establish translation and technical guidelines according to the client’s expectations.
• Coordinate audiovisual translation vendors and freelance resources to deliver dubbing and subtitling projects.
• Coordinate efforts and strategies to ensure translation quality.
• Train new translators in the use of our software.

• Subtitle and translate dubbing scripts for television series, movies, and documentaries for major networks in Latin America: HBO, Sony, DirecTV, Discovery Group, History Channel, E! Entertainment.
• Co-manage the company’s social media section.Key achievements:
• Supervised and coordinated translations for Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood dubbing process.
• Supervised and coordinated translations for Killer Comebacks subtitling.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Subtitle television series, movies, and documentaries.Key achievements:
• Subtitled E! News Weekend as a rush assignment every week.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Subtitle television series, movies, and documentaries.
• Assist on-site dubbing directors and voice actors.Key achievements:
• Subtitled every episode of TMZ on TV, including the weekend edition.

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Master Of Science (M.S.), Spanish Language Education

Bachelor'S Degree In Translation, English And French

Activities and Societies: Students' Association, Soccer Team Thesis title: "Translating and Subtitling 'TMZ on TV'", about the different.