Technical Writer / Developer Advocate

OnTarget Communications; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech sector seeks a Technical Writer to create engaging materials for developer audiences. The role involves producing tutorials, maintaining documentation, and contributing to a developer portal, advocating for developer needs throughout the product lifecycle. Candidates should have substantial experience in technical writing, familiarity with SaaS environments, and proficiency in coding.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical writing for developers.
• Experience in a SaaS environment is a plus.
• Ability to create non-traditional learning materials.

Responsibilities

• Create learning materials for developer audiences.
• Maintain developer documentation and contribute to the developer portal.
• Manage the technical blog for developer engagement.

Skills

Technical writing

Coding proficiency

Video tutorial creation

Developer advocacy

Tools

Swagger

OpenAPI

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.