Contract Technical Writer: Developer Docs & API Guides

Leia Inc.; Nashua (NH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Leia Inc. seeks a contract Technical Writer to define and build out developer documentation for the Immersity platform.

You will set the standard and shepherd documentation across API references, SDK guides, and conceptual overviews, collaborating with Runtime/SDK, Interfaces/Plugins, and Cloud/Web teams. This hands-on role requires 5+ years of experience, a portfolio of published API docs, and a knack for turning engineers’ technical detail into clear, developer-facing content.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years as a technical writer or documentation engineer with published API docs.
• Experience defining documentation structure from scratch and overhauling docs.
• Ability to extract accurate technical detail from APIs/SDKs and translate for developers.
• Familiarity with API documentation tooling (OpenAPI/Swagger, Doxygen, Javadoc).

Responsibilities

• Define a consistent structure, style guide, and taxonomy for Leia's API documentation.
• Audit existing documentation and rewrite/reshape for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Collaborate with Cloud/Web team to design a docs engine with hosting, versioning, search, and API reference generation.
• Author and edit developer-facing content: API references, integration guides, SDK quickstarts, conceptual overviews.
• Establish a lightweight review process and versioning to maintain quality as SDKs evolve.

Skills

API docs tooling

OpenAPI

Collaboration

Documentation architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Docusaurus

MkDocs

Sphinx

Job description

Leia Inc. seeks a contract Technical Writer to define and build out developer documentation for the Immersity platform.

You will set the standard and shepherd documentation across API references, SDK guides, and conceptual overviews, collaborating with Runtime/SDK, Interfaces/Plugins, and Cloud/Web teams. This hands-on role requires 5+ years of experience, a portfolio of published API docs, and a knack for turning engineers’ technical detail into clear, developer-facing content.