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Senior Technical Writer (Contract)
Location: Amsterdam Country: Netherlands Rate: Euros 120 - 132 per hour
 
Senior Technical Writer
Amsterdam
€120 - €132 per hour
9 Months

Responsibiliites:

  • Work with product managers and engineers to create and maintain internal and external documentation for APIs and supporting developer-oriented products
  • Write documentation, detailed integration guides, code samples, API reference, and other artifacts in a clear and concise manner
  • Interview experts, conduct independent research, and try out the technologies you're documenting to translate complex product information into clear, polished, engaging content that makes your target audience more successful
  • Is responsible to maintain the relevance and quality of documentation by updating the content and content structure when required.
  • Create templates and frameworks to bring quality and consistency to documentation across multiple teams, departments, and business units
  • End-to-end documentation ownership
  • Is responsible to own documentation efforts end to end by actively managing and monitoring quality and performance.
  • Is responsible to independently manage a documentation platform using a docs-as-code approach, and Is comfortable working with version control systems, command line interfaces, and other common tools of software development
  • Is responsible to address and resolve documentation issues by mitigating the customer impact.
  • Information architectural guidance
  • Reviews and consults on documentation efforts across the organisation.
  • Encourages and enables non-writer roles to develop their writing skills.
  • Has sufficient knowledge to test any new or existing product to help product teams identify potential issues and improve upon their product.
  • Regularly keeps stakeholders in the loop, and communicates updates on timelines, progress and potential roadblocks
Skills:

  • +6 years industry experience in writing technical documentation
  • Extensive experience documenting APIs
  • Experience with version control systems (such as Git)
  • Experience with building or major contribution to developer portals
  • Experience with static site generators (eg Mkdocs, Jekyll, Hugo) and lightweight markup languages (eg Markdown, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText)
  • Ability to work well independently with multiple stakeholders and excellent communication skills
  • Ability to translate complex technical ideas into concise, useful content for audiences of various backgrounds

Posted Date: 10 Apr 2024 Reference: JSBH-9656 Employment Business: Brookwood Contact: Halina Finch
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