Lead Developer Documentation for AI Voice Platform

Hume AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hume AI is seeking a Documentation Engineer to own the developer documentation for our voice AI platform. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product partners to make APIs understandable and the path from first visit to a working integration straightforward.

This hands-on role covers technical writing, information architecture, code examples, and documentation infrastructure. We expect you have built or fully owned a developer docs site and can guide ongoing maintenance as the

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building or owning a live documentation site for a developer audience.
• Excellent technical writing skills and the ability to explain unfamiliar concepts clearly and accurately.
• Enough programming depth to run integrations, write working examples, and validate what you document.
• Experience working with APIs or SDKs and understanding the needs of developers using them.
• Strong judgment about information architecture, navigation, and the order in which developers need to learn things.
• Comfort working in version control and collaborating with engineers through a review process.
• A strong sense of ownership and the ability to move between content, tooling, and implementation details.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Hume's developer documentation site, including its structure, navigation, and content organization.
• Write clear API and SDK references, quickstarts, integration guides, and explanations of platform concepts.
• Create and test runnable code samples that help developers get to a working implementation.
• Work with engineering teams to document new APIs and keep documentation aligned with product releases.
• Improve the tooling and workflows used to review, test, generate, and publish documentation.
• Identify gaps and confusing steps through developer feedback and hands‑on testing of the documented experience.
• Establish reusable writing and documentation patterns that make it easier for others to contribute.
• Own the quality and maintainability of the documentation as the product evolves.

Skills

Documentation site ownership

Technical writing

APIs/SDKs

Code samples

Version control

Ownership mindset

Tools

Docusaurus

MkDocs

ReadMe

Sphinx

Job description

Hume AI is seeking a Documentation Engineer to own the developer documentation for our voice AI platform. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product partners to make APIs understandable and the path from first visit to a working integration straightforward.

This hands-on role covers technical writing, information architecture, code examples, and documentation infrastructure. We expect you have built or fully owned a developer docs site and can guide ongoing maintenance as the