Senior Technical Writer

Openkrill; United States; Remoto; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health, dental and vision benefits

Generous PTO

WFH allowance

Learning & development support

Autonomous environment

Descrizione del lavoro

Apryse seeks a Senior Technical Writer to update and create clear, concise technical documentation for our SDKs. You will translate complex concepts into developer-facing content, review code samples, and deliver release notes. Collaboration with developers, product managers, and engineers is essential to maintain high-quality docs across platforms.

Remote U.S. position with a focus on developer experience, AI-assisted documentation, and consistent documentation standards.

Competenze

• 5+ years creating developer-focused documentation for SDKs and APIs.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into clear docs for developers.
• Experience maintaining documentation across platforms and OSes.
• Proven track record working with product managers and engineers.

Mansioni

• Update and create high-quality SDK documentation and guides.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to align with roadmaps.
• Enforce unified documentation style and tone across docs.
• Create release notes for product updates and features.
• Gather feedback from stakeholders to improve docs usability.

Conoscenze

SDK documentation

APIs & SDKs

Technical writing

Developer audience

Documentation style guides

OpenAPI/Swagger

Git & GitHub

CI/CD concepts

Docker basics

Code samples review

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree

Strumenti

Git/GitHub

npm

Maven

Gradle

NuGet

pip

CMake

Docker

Descrizione del lavoro

The Role

Apryse is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Senior Technical Writer to join our team and help update and create content to make clear, concise, and comprehensive technical documentation for our SDK products. As a Senior Technical Writer, you will be responsible for creating and updating high-quality documentation aimed at developers who leverage Apryse's SDKs to build critical document processing workflows in their solutions. You will work closely with our development and product teams to understand technical features and review and update draft content, including guides, concept content, and code samples. You'll also create release notes.

Responsibilities

• Review, update, and maintain clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation for software development tools and SDKs products.
• Collaborate with product managers and developers to review and update best-in-class technical guides that align with product roadmaps and developer needs.
• Partner with engineers to establish and enforce a unified documentation style, ensuring a consistent tone and structure.
• Create and deliver targeted release notes for effective and compelling communication of product updates.
• Gather feedback from stakeholders and the developer community to refine documentation for clarity, usability, and technical accuracy.
• Champion Developer Experience best practices, staying current on new technologies to keep docs relevant and comprehensive.
• Perform content updates based on audit results.
• Test SDK documentation and make updates based on findings.

Desired Skills

• Strong understanding of software development concepts, APIs, and SDKs, with the ability to read and understand code and translate technical concepts into clear developer documentation.
• Experience working across multiple operating systems and platforms, including understanding platform, architecture, runtime, and native dependency requirements.
• Familiarity with package managers and build tools, such as npm, Maven, Gradle, NuGet, pip, or CMake.
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub and experience navigating source code, repositories, branches, pull requests, releases, and sample applications.
• Working knowledge of command-line tools and shell environments for installing, configuring, building, running, and troubleshooting SDK applications.
• Understanding of API specifications and documentation technologies, such as OpenAPI/Swagger, JSON Schema, Javadoc, or language-specific API reference tools.
• Ability to test and validate documentation and code samples by building and running SDK applications and verifying expected results.
• Working knowledge of debugging and troubleshooting, with the ability to investigate common errors, logs, configuration issues, and dependency problems.
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized development and a general understanding of CI/CD and server deployment workflows.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with software engineers, architects, product managers, and developer experience teams to understand SDK behavior and produce accurate, developer-focused documentation.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted documentation and automation, including using AI tools to research, draft, review, and maintain technical content and streamline documentation workflows.
• Understanding of AI-ready documentation, including structured and machine-readable content, semantic search, RAG, and approaches for making documentation discoverable and usable by AI tools and agents.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of relevant experience developing documentation with a developer audience, including SDK and API documentation.
• Experience managing large and complex documentation sets and developing well-structured and effective information architecture.
• Ability to understand complex technical topics and translate them into easy-to-understand documentation.
• Proven experience working independently and as part of cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment, engaging seamlessly with product managers, product marketing, and engineers.

Compensation Philosophy

The compensation for this position is commensurate upon experience, and the range listed reflects total compensation or on target earnings. The top end of the range is reserved for candidates with extensive experience and a profile that strongly aligns with the senior expectations of this role.

Location Eligibility

This is a remote position within the United States. We aim to hire in our primary hub locations first — Boston, MA; Denver, CO; and Charlotte, NC — but are also open to candidates who reside in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

Candidates must reside in one of these states to be considered for this opportunity.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• A comprehensive extended benefits package including health, dental and vision for you and your family, with company paid offerings.
• An uncapped commissions structure.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) is offered to support the ability to rest and recharge.
• A great team environment and resources, supporting you to do the best work of your life and providing unlimited career growth potential.
• Highly autonomous and entrepreneurial environment.
• Annual recurring WFH allowance for you to purchase items you need for your home office.
• Ongoing support for learning development so you can master your craft.
• Work with the hardware you're most comfortable with (Windows or Mac).
• Diverse and inclusive workplace where we all learn from each other.

Company Description

As the industry-leading provider of document software development (SDK) technology powering everything from traditional desktop software to innovative web and mobile applications, at Apryse we are committed to delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that empower our clients to achieve their goals. With a broad international portfolio of combined companies, products, and leading technologies, we are actively changing the way the world works with documents to make work better and life simpler.

Customers like IBM, Autodesk, DocuSign, Boeing, Microsoft (and many more!) come to us to realize their web and mobile strategies for document management, editing, and collaboration as the #1-ranked commercial document SDK of choice for companies worldwide. As a result, you can find our document technology in thousands of solutions, including those of household names, used by millions across virtually every industry. Our XODO app alone has 25M unique installs -- and counting -- and the highest ratings among PDF productivity apps on the largest online app marketplaces.

We are committed to a work environment that is inclusive to all and free of discrimination. It is our policy to be an equal opportunity employer without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, citizenship status or any other factors prohibited by law. Apryse will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals.