Technical Writer / Developer Advocate

OnTarget Communications; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech sector seeks a Technical Writer to create engaging materials and maintain comprehensive documentation for developer audiences. This role involves ensuring that developer needs are addressed throughout the product development lifecycle and contributing to the company’s technical blog. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in technical writing, coding proficiency, and familiarity with the SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical writing experience for developer audiences.
• Experience creating video tutorials and interactive learning materials.
• Proficient in coding to provide code samples.

Responsibilities

• Create interactive learning materials like tutorials and guides.
• Maintain developer documentation including API and SDK documentation.
• Contribute to the development of the developer portal.

Skills

Technical writing

Coding proficiency

SaaS experience

Video tutorial creation

Swagger/OpenAPI familiarity

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Create interactive learning materials for developer audiences, including written and video tutorials, quick start guides, and code samples.

• Maintain developer documentation, including API and SDK documentation, and developer guides, using docs-as-code processes.

• Contribute to the development of the developer portal, advocating for developer needs throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Maintain our technical blog, providing entertaining and valuable blogs for developer audiences.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in technical writing for developer audiences, developer advocacy, or similar.

• Proficiency in coding and ability to show code samples.

• Experience working in a SaaS environment.

• Familiarity with Swagger/OpenAPI

• Experience creating video tutorials and other non-traditional learning materials.