Senior Technical Writer

More than 9,000 organizations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

The role:

We're looking for a Senior Technical Writer to join our team. This is a remote role. We're looking for a writer who can read code well enough to document an API and still write plainly for end users. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in the US, with a local contract and salary paid in USD. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET.

Job duties:

• Write and update user guides, how-to articles and admin documentation
• Manage content in Confluence, Zendesk Guide or MadCap Flare
• Build and maintain a style guide and templates
• Edit documentation written by engineers for clarity and consistency
• Document REST APIs from OpenAPI specs and verify examples against a test environment
• Review analytics and search queries to find gaps in the docs
• Track documentation work in Jira alongside engineering tickets

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of technical writing experience in software, hardware or a regulated industry
• Ability to read basic code in Python, JavaScript or Java
• Writing samples showing technical documentation for different audiences
• Strong grasp of grammar, structure and plain-language writing

Nice to have:

• Background in regulated documentation (FDA, ISO 13485, aerospace)
• DITA or other structured authoring

$123,000 - $147,000 annually

Benefits:

• Public holidays observed per your country
• 20 days paid time off
• Company laptop
• Paid sick days
• Paid parental leave

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Start: Flexible.

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