Remote Technical Author Job in Dallas, TX Canonical

Who you are

• Cares deeply about functional written communication.
• Has a programmer's mindset or experience in programming with excellent documentation skills.
• Enthusiastic about open-source software and community engagement.
• Demonstrates technical curiosity about software technology.
• Experienced with Linux, command line tools, Git, and documentation markup languages.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to travel semi-annually for up to two weeks.

Desirables

• Deep technical knowledge
• Open-source leadership
• UX/Interaction design

What the job involves

• Create, maintain, and improve software documentation.
• Work alongside engineering team members to enhance documentation quality.
• Influence product development with your expert user insights.
• Engage with user communities to ensure documentation meets their needs.
• Encourage and support community contributions to documentation.
• Standardize content style, structure, and language across products.
• Collaborate with documentation peers to advance documentation practices.