Remote Technical Author Job in New York, NY Canonical

Who you are

• Cares deeply about functional written communication.
• Has a programmer mindset with a record of producing excellent documentation.
• Demonstrates community engagement in open-source software, research, or similar fields.
• Is technically curious and passionate about software technology.
• Has experience in software development contexts and is familiar with Linux, command line, application deployment, Git, and documentation markup languages.
• Holds a BSc/BA degree or equivalent experience.
• Is able to travel internationally twice a year for up to two weeks.

Desirables

• Deep technical domain knowledge
• Open-source community leadership
• User experience design
• Interaction design
• Visual 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 the documentation meets their needs.
• Encourage and support community engagement in documentation.
• Standardize structure, presentation, style, and language of content across products.
• Collaborate with peers to advance documentation practices.
• Challenge and advance documentation understanding and best practices.