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Remote Technical Author Job in Miami, FL Canonical

Technical Author Canonical
Markup LanguagesCommunity LeadershipDarwin Information Typing ArchitectureDocumentationManualsOnline HelpPresentationsProduct StrategySoftware DocumentationTechnical Writers
Junior (1-2 years) - Senior (5-8 years)
MiamiFL


Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.
1480+ employees
Enterprise

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Role


Who you are

  • Demonstrates a passion for functional written communication
  • Possesses a blend of technical writing skills and programming acumen
  • Has experience with Linux, command line operations, Git and documentation markup languages
  • Exhibits excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Holds a BSc/BA degree or equivalent
  • Able to travel biannually for company events

Desirables

  • Deep technical domain knowledge
  • Open-source community leadership
  • User-experience 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
  • Engage with user communities to ensure documentation meets their needs
  • Encourage and support community engagement and contribution to documentation
  • Help standardize the structure, presentation, style and language of content across products
  • Collaborate with documentation peers to advance documentation best practices

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Company mission

Canonical delivers open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. They aim to accelerate the adoption and quality of open source globally, aiming to ship the most software by cores. Canonical values empathy, high intellect, passion for technology, teamwork, and energy.




Company benefits

  • Distributed work environment
  • Team sprints twice yearly
  • Personal development budget USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades



Company values

  • Empathy
  • Intellect
  • Passion
  • Teamwork
  • Energy



Company HQ

London



Founders

Mark Shuttleworth (CEO)
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