Technical Writer

Menlo Ventures; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 119,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in secure software development is seeking a Technical Writer to join their team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in technical writing, particularly in creating clear documentation for software tools. This remote-friendly position offers competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for personal growth and development within the organization.

Benefits

Equity and benefits in addition to salary

Comprehensive health plans

Generous vacation time

401k plan

Learning stipends

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a technical software writing and editing role.
• Experience in writing docs-as-code and using static site generators.
• Previous experience working with software development teams, not restricted to engineering roles.

Responsibilities

• Create technical written material to help users understand Semgrep.
• Write and edit documentation for new or updated features.
• Assist in maintaining Semgrep's open source documentation.

Skills

Superb written communication skills

Outstanding grammar skills

Experience writing in Markdown

Using Git for version control

Teaching skills

Ability to absorb new information

Experience with at least one programming language

Job description

About Semgrep

Semgrep is on a mission to make it expensive to exploit software. As the team behind the most popular SAST, we built the Semgrep AppSec Platform to deliver industry-leading code, dependency, and secrets scanning to enable organizations to ship secure code quickly without slowing down development.

With fast, customizable code analysis across large codebases, Semgrep helps teams catch vulnerabilities early and fix them faster. Leading companies like Snowflake, Plaid, Figma, Lyft, and Dropbox rely on Semgrep to secure their software.

Semgrep is funded by top investors, including Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.

About the role

Semgrep seeks a superb Technical Writer to supplement our small but savvy and skilled Technical Writing squad. As part of the marketing team, the technical writing team works closely with the product, support, and other marketing functions to help users secure their software using Semgrep. The team’s work is critical in helping users adopt Semgrep, integrate it into a wide variety of platforms and environments, and engage with software developers using its results.

Location expectations:

• This role is remote friendly, with minimal travel expected for occasional internal events.

Prior experience in a fast-paced, tech environment is helpful, but we are more interested in your love for the craft of writing and understanding of software development than your pedigree.. So if this opportunity excites you but you don’t meet the exact requirements, apply anyway!

What you’ll do

• Create technical written material to help users understand and realize the value of Semgrep
• Write and edit documentation for new or updated Semgrep features in Semgrep’s docs
• Transform draft content from subject matter experts into digestible, clear, and useful information for users
• Help maintain, improve, and disseminate our internal technical writing style guidelines
• Assist in maintaining Semgrep’s open source documentation (based on Docusaurus) and its tooling
• Understand usage data to inform documentation improvements and roadmap

You are ideal for this role if you have

• 4+ years in a technical software writing and editing role
• Superb written communication skills and outstanding grammar skills
• Experience writing in Markdown and using Git, GitHub, or GitLab for version control management, including using command-line tools
• Experience in writing docs-as-code and using static site generators
• A love for enabling, helping, and guiding others to help them do something new
• Great teaching skills that translate into amazing written work
• Ability to absorb and understand new information and technologies quickly
• Previous experience working with software development teams. This need not be an engineering role; support, product, or marketing experience is just as valuable.
• Experience with at least one programming language (not necessarily in a professional context)

Compensation

Salary Range: $119,000- $145,000

Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary.

Please note that the range listed is for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

What we offer

Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the final steps of the hiring process. To that end, we generate internal compensation bands that are used when discussing and negotiating salaries. We update these based on market data to make sure they’re above the average for comparable roles.

We also invest in our employees’ well-being and long term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401k, learning stipends, and more. Our benefits are for everyone, so that you’re taken care of, and we work with individuals to make sure they have what they need, whether that’s quiet work space, adjusted hours, or something else.

Who we are

We have people from France and the Philippines, physics and philosophy, formal methods research and full fledged corporations. We’re new parents and new grads, aspiring authors and aspiring Americans, dog lovers and dogfooders. We get together often to bike, bake, and meet up in parks. In our interactions, we believe respect and honesty go hand in hand, and prioritize both.

Semgrep is an equal-opportunity employer seeking a diverse range of backgrounds. We value who you are — including your cultural heritage, your socioeconomic status, your age, your race, your gender, your sexual orientation, your disabilities. We value what’s vitally important to you — your family, your religion, your politics. We value what you love in this world — your music, your weekend pursuits. We believe in welcoming varied professional backgrounds, educations, and interests. If you’re exceptional in your role, believe in Semgrep’s mission, and treat Semgrep’s values as your own, you belong here.