Remote Technical Author Job in Tucson, AZ Canonical

Who you are

• Cares deeply about functional written communication
• Is a technical writer or a programmer with a history of producing excellent documentation
• Has experience in community engagement in open-source software or other disciplines
• Demonstrates technical curiosity and is fascinated by software technology
• Has experience with Linux, command line, application deployment, system operations and infrastructure management
• Is familiar with Git and documentation markup languages
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Holds a BSc/BA degree or equivalent
• Is able to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events

Desirables

• Deep technical knowledge
• Open-source 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 of the product with important opinions about its function and design
• Engage with user communities to ensure that our documentation meets their needs
• Encourage and support community engagement in and contribution to documentation
• Help standardise the structure, presentation, style, and language of content across products
• Collaborate with documentation peers to advance the state of the art in documentation at Canonical
• Challenge and advance documentation understanding and best-practice, as part of a disciplinary team