Sr. Technical Writer
Skills
APISoftware DevelopmentTypescriptDomain Name SystemGitIETFPython
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical writing experience at a developer platform API-first company or standards-focused organization
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- Ability to read IETF RFCs and translate specifications into developer-friendly prose
- Experience writing API reference documentation for at least two programming languages
- Portfolio with at least one large-scale developer documentation project
- Ability to write working executable code samples in at least one of TypeScript Python or Go
- Understanding of DNS fundamentals and HTTP identity protocols such as OAuth 2.0 and OIDC
- Experience owning a developer portal or documentation site
- Strong information hierarchy and documentation structuring skills
- Experience with docs-as-code workflows including Git PR review CI checks and versioned docs
- Familiarity with AI-consumable documentation patterns such as llms.txt and structured API references
- Experience writing changelogs and release notes focused on developer impact
- Ability to travel as needed
- Ability to work across time zones as needed
Nice to have
- Developer platform background
- Standards-focused mindset
- Strong information hierarchy
- AI documentation awareness
- Cross-functional collaborator
Day to day
- Own and maintain developer-facing documentation for DNSid across API references conceptual guides tutorials and the developer portal
- Translate a sophisticated DNS-native identity protocol into clear actionable documentation for engineers and AI tools
- Partner closely with engineering developer advocacy and integrations teams to document features before release validate examples and keep standards and SDK docs current
Hiring process
- Submit application
- Background check at offer stage