Senior Technical Writer

PowDevs; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Technical Writer to produce high-quality documentation. You will work closely with talented developers, prioritize documentation needs, and help enhance the developer experience through impactful technical content and resources.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience writing user and developer-facing documentation.
• Experience with cloud technologies and producing Power Point presentations.
• Proven ability to write technically accurate and concise content.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software development team to produce technical documentation.
• Define standards and style guidelines for documentation.
• Manage multiple projects and improve onboarding processes.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to independently create, organize and structure documents

Design and analytical abilities

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Confluence

Lucid Charts

Adobe XD

Balsamiq

Job description

The Technical Writer will be responsible for producing high-quality documentation that contributes to the overall

success of projects. The Technical writer will collaborate with talented software developers and technical staff

who work collaboratively with clients.

Main responsabilities

• Work closely with the software development team to produce high-quality, clear, and concise technical documentation for both users and developers.
• Take initiative to improve the developer experience by testing tools and services, investigating problems, and channeling feedback into high-quality, impactful documentation.
• Accurately prioritize documentation, from the layout of content on a page to finding its accurate place in the entire documentation taxonomy, with search optimization in mind
• Define standards and style guidelines that help other writers and engineers.
• Plan and develop a wide range of information products for software, including guides, tutorials, Web-based help systems and specifications.
• Research, write, proofread, edit and translate end-user manuals and online help.
• Create screenshots and illustrations using graphic tools. Assist in the design of documentation templates and the development of group tools.
• Work in an agile development environment and gather information for a writing assignment from a variety of sources, including development, QA, project, and product managers.
• Manage multiple projects and deliverables.
• Improve existing onboarding and education processes with documentation, helping engineers get quickly up to speed.
• Use wireframe tools such as Adobe XD or Balsamiq.
• Other duties assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of experience writing user and developer-facing documentation and other forms of technical content.
• Experience writing for web, software, hardware, or cloud technologies.
• Experience producing Power Point Presentation for stakeholders.
• Experience with Confluence and Lucid Charts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

You are a great fit if you have

• Ability to independently create, organize and structure documents.
• Proven ability to write technically accurate, concise, and detailed content.
• Design and analytical abilities.
• Ability to create graphics using tools such as Lucid chart and other editing software for graphics.
• Provides recommendations to continuously improve technical writing in the organization.