Senior Technical Writer
Skills
Computer ScienceSoftware As A ServiceAdoptionBlueprintContinuous ImprovementFinancial SystemsIdentifying New Opportunities
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related technical field
- At least 8 years of relevant experience
- Hands-on experience in a software engineering or technical product environment
- Familiarity with developer platform tooling such as GitLab Datadog Jira Confluence Slack or Figma
- Understanding of CI/CD infrastructure-as-code and SLOs
- Ability to write clear plain-language content for complex digital workflows
- Proven track record reducing confusion through structured guidance and microcopy
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards inclusive language and compliance constraints
- Experience partnering with product legal compliance and engineering
- Ability to obtain and maintain a High Risk Public Trust clearance
Nice to have
- Detail-oriented
- Collaborative
- Analytical
- Process-driven
- Audience-focused
Day to day
- Create and maintain architecture blueprints reference architectures and golden path templates for a secure engineering platform
- Translate complex technical designs into clear action-oriented documentation for engineering audiences working with sensitive financial data
- Write runbooks ADRs onboarding guides service catalogs and self-service portal content that reduce confusion and improve adoption
- Partner with engineers security teams and product managers to ensure documentation accuracy accessibility and compliance
