RemotevilleRemote Technical Author Job in Omaha, NE Canonical
Technical Author Canonical
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Markup LanguagesCommunity LeadershipDarwin Information Typing ArchitectureDocumentationManualsOnline HelpPresentationsProduct StrategySoftware DocumentationTechnical Writers
Entry-level/graduate - Senior (5-8 years)
OmahaNE
Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.
1480+ employees
Enterprise
Open for applications
Role
Who you are
- Must care deeply about functional written communication
- Should have a technical background with experience in software development contexts; familiarity with Linux, command line, application deployment, Git and documentation markup languages is essential
- Requires strong community engagement experience especially in open-source software or documentation
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
- Challenge and advance documentation understanding and best-practice as part of a disciplinary team
Company
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
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Company values
- Empathy
- Intellect
- Passion
- Teamwork
- Energy
Company HQ
LondonFounders
Mark Shuttleworth (CEO)