About Centific

Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to empower the Magnificent Seven and our enterprise clients with safe, scalable AI deployment. Our team includes more than 150 PhDs and data scientists, along with more than 4,000 AI practitioners and engineers. We harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem—comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets—to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Our zero-distance innovation™ solutions for GenAI can reduce GenAI costs by up to 80% and bring solutions to market 50% faster.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between AI creators and industry leaders by bringing best practices in GenAI to unicorn innovators and enterprise customers. We aim to help these organizations unlock significant business value by deploying GenAI at scale, helping to ensure they stay at the forefront of technological advancement and maintain a competitive edge in their respective markets.

About Job

Director / Head of Forward Engineering – Strategic Solutions Design for Localization & Multilingual AI

About Us

Centific is shaping the future of multilingual AI and AI-native localization. Our platform enables global enterprises to orchestrate language, automation, and AI at scale. We combine cutting-edge multilingual AI with deep professional services expertise in localization operations.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a leader for the Forward Engineering function to shape complex client opportunities into scalable, technically sound, and operationally executable solutions.

You will architect solutions that combine our Multilingual AI Flow platform with our localization services — ensuring each deal is strategically differentiated, commercially viable, and operationally executable.

Scope

• Design end-to-end multilingual AI and localization solutions tailored to enterprise clients.
• Combine platform capabilities with human-in-the-loop services and workflow design.
• Identify where AI automation enhances efficiencies and where human expertise drives value.

• Partner with Sales early in opportunity qualification to shape realistic and differentiated offers.
• Translate client needs into clear solution frameworks for R&D and Production.

• Establish frameworks for solution design and reusable architectures.
• Develop standard playbooks for AI + localization hybrid solutions.

• Influence product roadmap based on real client use cases.

What We’re Looking For

Experience

• 8+ years in solution architecture, localization operations, AI platforms, or enterprise services.
• Experience combining technology with professional services.
• Strong understanding of localization workflows, language operations, or global content pipelines.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments (Sales, Product, Engineering, Operations).

Salary: $200k-$225k +OTE

Centific is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.