Senior Technical Writer, Google Cloud Security Operations

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a technical writer to craft clear, user-focused documentation across product and developer content. You will work with product, engineering, and UX teams to translate complex concepts into accessible guides, references, and tutorials.

You will influence the user experience by shaping information solutions that empower customers and developers, coordinating with multiple stakeholders to deliver high-quality documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience creating content for technical audiences (e.g., developer documentation, CS course material, IT playbooks).
• Experience with UNIX/Linux CLI.

Responsibilities

• Determine documentation requirements with Product, Engineering, and UX teams.
• Lead content strategy and define workstreams for critical user journeys.
• Write, publish, and maintain customer-facing docs including references, online content, guides, and tutorials.
• Collaborate with engineers to create and update documentation sets and edit content for clarity.

Skills

Clear communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Ability to articulate ideas

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

UNIX/Linux CLI

XML-based documentation tools

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience creating content for technical audiences (e.g., developer documentation, Computer Science course material, or IT administration playbooks).
• Experience in using the UNIX/Linux Command-Line Interface (CLI).

Preferred qualifications

• 10 years of experience in technical writing, creating clear, concise, and technically accurate documentation for SaaS, enterprise security, or computer networking.
• Experience documenting APIs and database design concepts.
• Experience with XML-based documentation authoring systems.
• Ability to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate across cross-functional teams while prioritizing and driving results in ambiguous environments with competing demands.
• Excellent communication, organizational and time-management skills.

About The Job

Technical writers communicate complex information clearly, concisely and accurately, and without relying on jargon. As a technical writer, your role involves tasks such as writing conceptual overviews and procedures, reading and writing example code, or updating help center queries and FAQs. Technical writers play a big part at Google. They are a key link between developers, marketing associates, developer advocates, as well as all the external users and developers, tying together many vital but disparate parts of the Google ecosystem. You develop complex, in-depth communications for internal and external audiences and manage projects that involve coordinating multiple junior writers. We are seeking a technical writer who is a strong advocate for user excellence and views documentation as a strategic, integrated part of the user experience. Your primary role is to advocate the user by creating clear, discoverable, and critical user journey-focused content that helps our customers achieve their goals. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and UX teams to understand user needs and design information solutions that empower them. You will shape the complete user experience, and your ability to translate complex information into user-centered, accessible, and structured content is more critical than ever. Our stakeholders highly value documentation and recognize it as a key contributor to our customers’ happiness and developer velocity. If you are passionate about user excellence and want to make a tangible impact on the product and the business, this is the team for you. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and UX/UI to determine documentation requirements.
• Lead content strategy and define workstreams focused on critical user journeys.
• Write, publish, and maintain customer-facing documentation, including references, online content, in-app guides, and tutorials, based on advanced concepts in cybersecurity.
• Define documentation requirements with the teams, and work with engineers to create and update documentation sets.
• Edit, clarify, and enhance documents written by engineers, and other stakeholders.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.