Description review

DeepL | Software Engineer / Senior Software

DeepL · Remote · back to the listing

HR standards

41/100

poor

Title ↔ description

74/100

solid

Reads as

Backend Engineer

100% confident

What this role officially is

software developer — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.

Also known as: application developer, application programmer, solutions developer, programmer, software specialist, application software developer

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What the listing never says

  • No section describes what the person would actually do. Scope clarity
  • No pay range published. Candidates cannot tell whether applying is worth their time. Pay transparency

The listing, marked up

Nothing in the wording of this listing tripped a check. The scores above still judge how complete and coherent it is.

Engineer / Sr. Staff Software Engineer| New York, New York (Hybrid) | $200k-$300k+ plus equity

DeepL is a Language AI Company providing text, document, and real-time voice translation to name-brand companies across the world. Maybe you've seen our recent announcement: https://www.deepl.com/en/press-release/harvey-taps-deepl-to-power-legal-grade-ai-translation-for-global-law-firms-and-legal-teams
We're building out our NYC-based API platform team as our API-based business rapidly grows. We're a European -based company, so you'll enjoy the best of both worlds with competitive compensation, 30 days of PTO from day one (your manager, me, will make sure you use them all) "work from anywhere" days, addtional compensation for on-call shifts (including additional time-off if you actually have to do something after hours)
If you're passionate about building the platforms that provide the foundation for reliable and high-peformance systems, please check out our NYC openings: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/DeepL?departmentId=0097f643-f517-4473-85ae-12a5487bbae9&locationId=e6020112-df5a-430b-8803-f5c301ada653

How this was produced

Highlights are found by rule, not by a model: each one is a phrase matched at a known position, and every note is a template we wrote. The two scores come from a typed-decision model (Jev) that reads the listing against the official role definition and real listings for the same role, and returns probabilities rather than prose — it never writes any of the words on this page, and never chooses what to highlight.

Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 12 points (from 53 before penalties). Reviewed 21 Sep 2026.