Junior Technical Writer

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems license our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Job summary

We're looking for a Junior Technical Writer to join our team. This is a remote role. This role works closely with engineers and product managers. You'll test features yourself before documenting them. Our team is spread across 12 countries. Headquarters is in Utrecht. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in the US, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET.

Duties

• Coordinate localization handoffs with translation vendors
• Interview engineers and subject matter experts to collect technical details
• Document REST APIs from OpenAPI specs and verify examples against a test environment
• Maintain docs-as-code workflows in Markdown, Git and static site generators like Docusaurus or MkDocs
• Review analytics and search queries to find gaps in the docs
• Test procedures step by step before publishing
• Create diagrams and annotated screenshots with Snagit, draw or Figma

Minimum qualifications

• 0-2 years of technical writing experience in software, hardware or a regulated industry
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON and tools like Postman or curl
• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, a technical field or equivalent experience
• Strong grasp of grammar, structure and plain-language writing
• Experience with Markdown and Git-based workflows
• Comfortable chasing busy engineers for answers
• Hands-on use of a help authoring tool or CMS

Nice to have

• Information architecture or UX writing
• Video tutorials in Camtasia
• Setting up a docs site from scratch

The base pay range for this position is $76,000 - $88,000 annually. Actual pay depends on experience, skills and location.

Why work with us

• Wellness allowance
• Performance bonus
• Home office setup budget
• Annual salary review

Northmoor is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Start: Immediately.

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