Technical Author

Maxwell Bond; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Liverpool is seeking a Technical Author to produce high-quality technical documentation and user guides. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in technical writing and excellent communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary up to £50,000, along with attractive perks like enhanced leave and a healthcare plan. The position supports a hybrid working model with office visits required 2-3 times a week.

Benefits

Salary up to £50,000

25 days annual leave + Bank holidays

Enhanced Pension Plan

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity cover

Healthcare Plan

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Experience writing user guides and technical documentation.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced software development environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create user guides and documentation for end clients and customers.
• Collaborate with product, QA, and engineering teams to produce documentation.
• Develop OpRes documentation and resources.

Skills

Technical writing

Communication skills

Understanding of technical jargon

Experience in software development documentation

Job description

Technical Author- Liverpool (Hybrid)- Up to £50k

A leading financial and legal services businesses in Liverpool, with an average year-on-year growth of 20%, they're at the point of levelling up and scaling their entire tech team. They are looking for a Technical Author to create engaging, informative, and high quality technical documentation for the business.

This company have excelled as a close-knit ambitious team who have embarked on a huge digital transformation and with this vast improvements to all of their core products.

As their Technical Author, you will be working closely with the businesses product, QA and software engineering team, taking ownership of producing technical documentation to create user guides which accurately deliver training to end clients and customers.

What they’re looking for in you:

• Autonomous, technically minded individual with a background writing user guides and documentation for in house teams
• Working closely with the wider engineering team, infrastructure, cloud and support teams to create OpRes documentation and resources
• Individuals with curiosity and the ability to understand and navigate technical jargon – preferably with experience creating documentation in a fast paced software development environment.
• Naturally they expect excellent written and verbal communication skills as you’ll be working closely with internal and external stakeholders

What’s in it for you as their Technical Author?

• Salary up to £50,000
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays (Rising each year)
• Enhanced Pension Plan, Enhanced Maternity/Paternity cover and Healthcare Plan
• Hybrid working – 2-3x a week in their Central Liverpool office

The client is looking to book interviews ASAP. Apply now to find out more!