Technical Writing Manager – Remote Docs Team

Doist; New York, California (NY, WA, MO); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

ESPP

Career development

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Documentation Manager to lead a team of 3–5 technical writers and partner with Product and Engineering to maintain public documentation for developers, users, and SREs. You’ll research technical details by interviewing SMEs, exploring the product, and producing clear, accurate content.

You’ll champion documentation standards and collaborate with the broader team to improve processes and impact.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years researching and developing documentation for technical topics (APIs, databases, cloud infra).
• 2–5 years managing a small team of technical writers.
• Publicly available technical writing samples.
• Comfort reading multiple programming languages.
• Experience with documentation as code and infrastructure tools (IaaS, containers, Git/GitHub, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Lead 3–5 technical writers, guiding day-to-day activities and growth.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to maintain public docs for developers, users, and SREs.
• Research technical details via interviews with SMEs and product exploration.
• Collaborate to improve documentation standards, processes, and quality.

Skills

Technical writing

Team leadership

Documentation as code

APIs & SDKs

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD tooling

Containers

Job description

Datadog is seeking a Documentation Manager to lead a team of 3–5 technical writers and partner with Product and Engineering to maintain public documentation for developers, users, and SREs. You’ll research technical details by interviewing SMEs, exploring the product, and producing clear, accurate content.

You’ll champion documentation standards and collaborate with the broader team to improve processes and impact.