Remote Technical Author Job in London, UK Canonical

Who you are

• Cares deeply about functional written communication
• Has a programmer's mindset or technical writing experience
• Engages with open-source communities
• Demonstrates technical curiosity and enthusiasm
• Experience in software development contexts and Linux
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hold a BSc/BA degree or equivalent
• Able to travel twice a year for events

Desirables

• Deep technical domain knowledge
• Open-source community leadership
• User-experience and visual design

What the job involves

• Set a standard of excellence in technical documentation practice
• Lead documentation efforts of an engineering team
• Participate in product strategy and design
• Collaborate with colleagues to establish documentation as an engineering discipline
• Create and improve software documentation
• Engage with user communities to ensure documentation meets their needs
• Collaborate with peers to advance documentation best practices