Senior Technical Content Editor - Developer Programs

Elasticsearch B.V.; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge tech company in the UK seeks a Technical Editor to ensure high-quality developer-focused content across various formats. The role involves writing tutorials, conducting content reviews, and working collaboratively with engineers to enhance content clarity. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of engineering experience, strong editorial judgment, and a passion for technology. This position offers flexibility and a commitment to inclusivity and diversity.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Health coverage

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Financial match for donations

Volunteer hours

Parental leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience and proficiency in at least one programming language.
• Fluent English is required, with experience writing and editing articles.
• Strong editorial judgment and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Write and build high-quality content: tutorials, articles, and demos.
• Conduct technical content reviews across various formats.
• Collaborate with engineers to validate correctness and clarity.

Skills

Engineering experience

Proficiency in one programming language

Writing and editing articles

Editorial judgment

Time-management

Curiosity and adaptability

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud‑based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What Is The Role :

The Developer Content Programs team's mission is to educate, inspire, and connect with the developer community. The Technical Editor is a cross‑functional role responsible for ensuring the accuracy, clarity, and relevance of Elastic’s developer‑focused content across search, observability, security, and GenAI.

This editor will be the source of truth for technical quality, while supporting PMMs, internal engineers, social media managers, and other contributors to ensure that everything we publish is accurate, engaging, and aligned with our developer philosophy.

We are looking for a candidate with broad platform knowledge gained through hands‑on experience, strong editorial instincts, and a passion for helping teams transform complex technical ideas into content that resonates with developers. You should have meticulous attention to detail, thrive in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment, and bring both creativity and precision to everything you do. This is an individual contributor role.

What You Will Be Doing :

• Write and build high‑quality content—tutorials, deep dives, Labs articles, demos, and video explainers for elastic.co or our YouTube channel.
• Technical content reviews across all formats: blogs, YouTube scripts and videos, short‑form social posts, and more.
• Help ensure that we, Elastic, show up in all of the above spaces in an authentic, developer‑first way.
• Validate correctness and clarify explanations in partnership with engineers and PMs across search, observability, security, and GenAI.
• Guide writers, video creators, and contributors toward the desired level of detail and narrative structure.
• Brainstorm and weigh in on emerging content strategies, especially on hot industry topics and the best storytelling angle.
• Surface recurring questions or themes from various developer forums that should influence future content plans.
• Strengthen our presence on Reddit and HackerNews, and help the team develop relevant, tonally appropriate promotion strategies.

What You Bring :

• 5+ years of engineering experience, proficiency in at least one programming language, and a drive to continue learning the latest technology trends.
• Experience writing and editing articles, with an ability to quickly diagnose whether a piece is accurate, well articulated, and developer‑friendly. Fluent English is required.
• Excellent editorial judgment and strong time‑management skills to run reviews across multiple content streams.
• Experience working autonomously and self‑organizing.
• Curiosity and adaptability to quickly become an expert on new tools and topics, with an overall love of learning.
• Comfortable working with a highly distributed team and collaborating with many counterparts across time zones.

Bonus Points :

• Existing Elasticsearch expertise.
• Experience with writing documentation.
• A strong social media presence (connected to relevant audiences).

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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