215159 Technical Writer

Procom Services; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Procom Services, a leading provider of IT services, is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to support the launch of innovative wearable devices. This role involves creating technical documentation and collaborating with engineers in a fast-paced tech environment. The successful candidate will have a strong background in technical writing, experience with collaborative teams, and familiarity with modern technologies.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience writing technical publications for Portals/SDKs.
• Ability to understand RESTful web services using JSON or XML.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating prior work in technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Create clear and concise technical documentation for wearable technologies.
• Manage large and complex documentation projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define new features.

Skills

Technical Writing

Collaboration

Project Management

Research

Understanding RESTful Web Services

HTML

CSS

Git

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's Degree or another advanced degree preferred

Tools

Atlassian Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.

With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.

Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:

Job Description

We are looking for experienced technical writers. You will help us launch new, state-of-the-art wearable devices and platforms, including augmented reality, fitness coaching, and other comprehensive wearable technologies. As Senior Technical Writer you will work directly with our product, design and test teams to develop engineering documentation for building and using the most innovative wearable products. You will be working with enthusiastic and experienced peers in an environment that facilitates delivering industry-leading solutions with both creative-edge and high quality.

• Create clear and concise technical documentation to accompany the latest innovations in the wearable technology.
• Design user guides, platform architecture overviews, public API programming guides, public Web Portal user guides, Business Intelligence (BI) user guides, SDK development tutorials and other engineering documentation for the company's new wearable platform and products.
• Manage large and complex documentation projects, collaborate with senior engineers and program managers to create content.
• Contributing to platform cloud specifications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and document new features.
• Showcase rich functionality and diversity of the newest wearable devices.
• Collaborating with remote global teams, including device, application, test, etc. to innovate new technologies with maximum development efficiency.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
• 3-5 years of experience writing technical publications for a Portals/SDKs and public web services
• Proven track record of researching and writing effective technical documentation
• Ability to work with engineering teams as part of the software development process
• Ability to understand RESTful web services using JSON or XML
• Ability to read and understand source code written in Java, Swift and/or NodeJS
• Strong collaboration and project management skills
• Experience working directly within a software development team, including extensive interaction with senior engineers and software architects
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
• You have a strong portfolio demonstrating prior work and experiences creating technical documentation
• Proficiency with HTML and CSS
• Experience working in Agile environment, knowledge of Scrum-based methodologies
• Knowledge of Android and/or iOS mobile platforms
• Knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
• Familiarity with version control systems, such as Git
• Master’s Degree or another advanced degree is preferred