Remote Technical Author Job in Nashville, TN Canonical

Who you are

• Must care deeply about functional written communication
• Should have technical writing skills with a programmer's mindset or a programmer with documentation experience
• Requires experience in software development contexts understands Linux, command line, application deployment, Git
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills needed
• Should hold a BSc/BA degree or equivalent
• Ability to travel twice a year for events is necessary

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 with significant input on its function and design
• Engage with user communities to ensure that documentation meets their needs
• Help standardize the structure, presentation, style and language of content across products
• Collaborate with documentation peers to advance documentation practices at Canonical