Remote Technical Author Job in Philadelphia, PA Canonical

Who you are

• Cares deeply about functional written communication.
• Has a technical or programming background with a track record of excellent documentation.
• Has experience in software development environments, familiar with Linux, command line, application deployment, system operations, infrastructure management, Git, and documentation markup languages.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willing to travel twice a year for events and holds a BSc/BA degree or equivalent.

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 product development as an expert user with important opinions on its function and design.
• Engage with user communities to ensure documentation meets their needs.
• Encourage community engagement and contribution to documentation.
• Standardize content structure, presentation, style, and language across products.
• Collaborate with peers to advance documentation practices at Canonical.

Application process

• Application review
• Initial interview
• Technical assessment
• Final interview