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Remote Technical Author Job in Tulsa, OK Canonical

Technical Author Canonical
Markup LanguagesCommunity LeadershipDarwin Information Typing ArchitectureDocumentationManualsOnline HelpPresentationsProduct StrategySoftware DocumentationTechnical Writers
Junior (1-2 years) - Senior (5-8 years)
TulsaOK


Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.
1480+ employees
Enterprise

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Role


Who you are

  • Must have a deep passion for functional written communication.
  • Should be a technical writer with a programmer's mindset or a programmer with excellent documentation skills.
  • Needs experience in software development contexts, familiar with Linux, the command line, application deployment, and Git.
  • Required to have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must hold at least 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 make effective documentation contributions.
  • Influence the development of the product by providing expert opinions on its function and design.
  • Engage with user communities to ensure that documentation meets their needs.
  • Encourage community engagement and contributions to documentation.
  • Help standardize the structure, presentation, style, and language of content across products.
  • Collaborate with documentation peers to advance documentation practices at Canonical.

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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 USD 2000/year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for events



Company values

  • Empathy
  • Intellect
  • Passion
  • Teamwork
  • Energy



Company HQ

London



Founders

Mark Shuttleworth (CEO)
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