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ID #20725257
State Georgia
City Atlanta
Job type Contract
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Agile
Showed 2021-10-06
Date 2021-10-05
Deadline 2021-12-03
Category Software/QA/DBA/etc
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Senior Technical Writer

Georgia, Atlanta, 30303 Atlanta USA

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Senior Technical Writer

Our client is seeking a

Senior Technical Writer to join an existing team.

This is an exciting role for a Technical Writer who likes to work with engineering teams, has a startup mentality, adaptability to change, and a get-it-done approach to execution.

The Senior Technical Writer is part of a larger product UX design team and will be responsible for the content and the accuracy of technical documentation and instructional material related to software payment products, functions, and capabilities.

Here's what you'll be doing:

  • Driving the strategy and planning for product documentation in collaboration with engineering and commercial product owner teams
  • Writing clear and concise payment API documentation for clients' integration partners and external developer audience
  • Developing code samples, interactive tutorials, and process flows to help developers get up to speed quickly
  • Democratizing the documentation process across the API developer platform, serving as an editor for contributing engineers
  • Working with Product Managers, Developer evangelists, Designers, and Marketing to shape the entirety of the developer experience, including community development and developer outreach
  • Working cross-functionally with our product teams, other engineering teams, and partner developers in the design and delivery of clients' global developer platform
  • Contributing occasionally to internal documentation initiatives

Here's what our ideal candidate has:

  • 2+ years of experience with software specific technical writing or instructional design
  • Conceptual understanding of the basics of an API
  • Ability to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the intended audience
  • Comfortability working in a semi-structured writing environment with evolving processes and homegrown systems
  • Comfortability handling multiple deadlines and self-prioritization of ad hoc requests
  • Experience working directly with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to help document (and define) new developer products and features

Preferred skills (not required):

  • Experience writing common forms of developer documentation (API reference, conceptual guides, and tutorials)
  • Experience writing API documentation using a tool like Swagger

Keywords: Technical Writer, API, software, REST, RESTful, JSON, Instructional Designer, Swagger, Agile

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