Senior Technical Writer: Kubernetes Docs & Cloud Guides

Sierra Ventures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectro Cloud is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to join the Documentation & Education team in London. You will create user-friendly content, work with developers and engineers, and document the technology behind Palette, our Kubernetes management platform.

You will produce reference materials, diagrams, and how-tos, collaborating across teams to ensure accuracy and usefulness for practitioners. The role emphasizes developer workflows, code-like processes, and mentorship of peers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a technical writer.
• Experience in analyzing information architecture and restructuring content.
• Experience with Docs-as-Code processes.
• Able to coach and mentor other technical writers.
• Comfortable writing in Markdown.
• Comfortable using developer tools such as git, CLIs, Docker, and GitHub.
• Familiar with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience with infrastructure providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware).
• Comfortable creating diagrams and visual resources to help the learning process.
• Displays a passion for learning and exploring new technologies.
• A self-starter with the ability to dive into technical features by themselves and create documentation.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create clear, in-depth how-to guides and feature documentation that help users understand and use product features, leveraging real-world scenarios, customer use cases, and product workflows.
• Conduct hands‑on testing, experimentation, and independent research to gain deep, first‑hand product knowledge. Identify and document edge cases, limitations, and feature updates to ensure technical accuracy and completeness.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, engineers, QA, and UX to gather and validate technical information, clarify complex functionality, and stay aligned with evolving product roadmaps.
• Author technical blogs, release notes, and long‑form content that explain product innovations and industry trends, supporting Spectro Cloud’s developer engagement.
• Champion user‑first documentation practices by advocating for accessible, inclusive, and task‑oriented content.
• Define and maintain content standards, templates, and voice/tone guidelines to ensure consistency across documentation.
• Mentor and support junior or mid‑level technical writers, providing feedback on their work, sharing best practices, and helping them develop their technical and editorial skills, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Refactor and enhance documentation information architecture to improve content organization, navigation, and discoverability across the Docs site.
• Take ownership of high‑impact documentation projects end-to-end, including planning, coordination, writing, and review.

Skills

Technical writing

Markdown

Docs-as-Code

Kubernetes

Git

Diagrams

Mentoring

Communication

Cloud experience

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub

CLI

Job description

Spectro Cloud is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to join the Documentation & Education team in London. You will create user-friendly content, work with developers and engineers, and document the technology behind Palette, our Kubernetes management platform.

You will produce reference materials, diagrams, and how-tos, collaborating across teams to ensure accuracy and usefulness for practitioners. The role emphasizes developer workflows, code-like processes, and mentorship of peers.