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Remote Technical Author Job in Milwaukee, WI Canonical

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


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

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Role


Who you are

  • Cares deeply about functional written communication
  • Is a technical writer or programmer with a record of producing excellent documentation
  • Has experience with Linux, command line, application deployment, and Git
  • Has excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to travel twice a year for 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 community engagement in documentation
  • Standardize content structure across products
  • Collaborate to advance documentation 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
  • Annual learning budget USD 2000
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Travel opportunities
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades



Company values

  • Empathy
  • Intellect
  • Passion
  • Teamwork
  • Energy



Company HQ

London



Founders

Mark Shuttleworth (CEO)
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