Kubernetes Tech Writer — Docs & Education (Hybrid)

Sierra Ventures; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Spectro Cloud in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to join our Documentation & Education team. You will create user-friendly reference materials, diagrams, and how-tos for Palette, our Kubernetes management platform, working with developers and engineers to document complex features.

We value hands-on testing, Docs-as-Code, and collaboration across product, engineering, support. This role offers hybrid work in San Jose three days a week with optional home days, and potential

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a technical writer.
• Experience with Docs-as-Code processes.
• Proficient writing in Markdown.
• Proficient with git, CLIs, Docker, and GitHub.
• Familiar with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or VMware.
• Ability to coach other writers.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to create diagrams and visual resources.

Responsibilities

• Create clear, in-depth how-to guides and feature documentation that help users understand and use product features.
• Conduct hands-on testing, experimentation, and independent research to gain deep, first-hand product knowledge.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, engineers, QA, and UX to gather and validate technical information, clarify complex functionality, and stay aligned with evolving product roadmaps.
• Author technical blogs, release notes, and long-form content that explain product innovations and industry trends.
• Champion user-first documentation practices by advocating for accessible, inclusive, and task-oriented content
• Define and maintain content standards, templates, and voice/tone guidelines to ensure consistency across documentation.
• Mentor and support junior or mid-level technical writers, providing feedback on their work, sharing best practices, and helping them develop their technical and editorial skills, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Refactor and enhance documentation information architecture to improve content organization, navigation, and discoverability across the Docs site.
• Take ownership of high-impact documentation projects end-to-end, including planning, coordination, writing, and review.

Skills

Technical writing

Markdown

Docs-as-Code

Git

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Git

CLI tools

Terraform

GitHub

Job description

Spectro Cloud in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to join our Documentation & Education team. You will create user-friendly reference materials, diagrams, and how-tos for Palette, our Kubernetes management platform, working with developers and engineers to document complex features.

We value hands-on testing, Docs-as-Code, and collaboration across product, engineering, support. This role offers hybrid work in San Jose three days a week with optional home days, and potential