Technical Writer: Lead Developer Docs for DevSecOps

SLAMcore; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO equity

Private healthcare

Generous annual leave

Professional development budget

Team travel

Job summary

Cloudsmith is seeking a Technical Writer to bolster our documentation team as we scale, growing our documentation capability under the direction of our Senior Technical Writer. You'll take ownership of documenting product areas, work with product and engineering on features before they ship, and collaborate with customer success and sales to address gaps.

The role emphasizes clarity, accuracy, and proactive thinking to enhance the user experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical writing experience, preferably for an audience of software developers.
• Proficient in HTML and Markdown.
• Comfortable with "docs as code" and git-based version control workflows.
• Working familiarity with package management, artifact registries, or DevOps toolchains (npm, Docker, Maven, Terraform, or similar).
• Clear, precise technical communicator.
• Curious, motivated to learn quickly, comfortable asking engineers "why" until you actually understand a feature.

Responsibilities

• Documentation creation & content development: Write documentation for new products and features, working directly with engineers to understand functionality before it ships.
• Editorial & publishing: Review, edit, and publish documentation contributions from others; manage and publish content to Cloudsmith's changelog.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with product managers to flag documentation needs early; work with customer success and sales to identify where documentation is lacking.
• Ownership & product knowledge: Own prioritization of a backlog of content improvements and become a deeply informed user of Cloudsmith's product.

Skills

Technical writing

HTML

Markdown

Docs as code

Git workflows

Tools

Git

npm

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Cloudsmith is seeking a Technical Writer to bolster our documentation team as we scale, growing our documentation capability under the direction of our Senior Technical Writer. You'll take ownership of documenting product areas, work with product and engineering on features before they ship, and collaborate with customer success and sales to address gaps.

The role emphasizes clarity, accuracy, and proactive thinking to enhance the user experience.