Remote Technical Author Job in Houston, TX Canonical

Who you are

• Cares deeply about functional written communication.
• Has a record of producing excellent documentation or programming skills combined with documentation production.
• Experience in software development contexts, familiar with Linux, command line usage, application deployment, system operations, infrastructure management, Git, documentation markup languages.
• Holds a BSc/BA degree or equivalent.
• Able to travel up to twice a year for events.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirables

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

What the job involves

• Create, maintain, and improve software documentation.
• Work with engineering team members to help them make effective documentation contributions.
• Influence the development of the product as an expert user with important opinions on its function and design.
• Engage with user communities to ensure documentation meets their needs.
• Encourage community engagement in and contribution to documentation.
• Help standardize content structure, presentation, style, and language across products.
• Collaborate with peers to advance documentation standards at Canonical.
• Challenge and advance documentation understanding and best practices.