Remote Technical Author: Open-Source Documentation Leader

Canonical Ltd.; Manama; Remote; BHD 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global compensation review

Performance-based bonus

Learning and development budget USD 2,

Job summary

Canonical seeks a Technical Author to lead documentation efforts across engineering, business operations or other teams. You will combine technical communication with subject-matter expertise and collaborate across the organisation.

As a product/focus/technical author, you will work in a team to develop user-centric documentation, elevate documentation practice, and contribute to the Diátaxis framework while enabling community engagement and internal knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Collaborate across teams to advance documentation practice.
• Demonstrate strong written communication and technical authority.
• Experience with open-source software communities and events.
• Willingness to travel twice a year for events.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and improve software and other documentation.
• Lead documentation efforts within a Canonical team.
• Collaborate with teams to standardise structure, style and language.
• Engage with user communities and encourage contribution to docs.
• Influence product development with documentation perspective.
• Contribute to documentation practice and theory across the company.

Skills

Collaborator

Technical writer mindset

Community engagement

Open-source passion

Technical curiosity

Documentation skills

Software development context

Linux basics

Git basics

Sphinx

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Sphinx

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Job description

Canonical seeks a Technical Author to lead documentation efforts across engineering, business operations or other teams. You will combine technical communication with subject-matter expertise and collaborate across the organisation.

As a product/focus/technical author, you will work in a team to develop user-centric documentation, elevate documentation practice, and contribute to the Diátaxis framework while enabling community engagement and internal knowledge sharing.