Senior Technical Writer

Viam

Summary

This job involves creating technical documentation for a software platform that enables software engineers to build and program robots, with a focus on mentoring other technical writers, developing sample applications, and improving documentation based on qualitative and quantitative data.

What you'll do

  • Mentoring other technical writers
  • Writing the documentation for Viam’s products
  • Developing sample applications for web, mobile, or data processing
  • Helping build the layout and information architecture of documentation
  • Helping with improvements to Hugo framework and automation workflows
  • Contributing to and editing tutorial blog content

Requirements

  • Experience mentoring technical writers
  • Experience in technical writing
  • Some programming experience sample projects and applications (Python, Go, or JavaScript preferred) and an understanding of coding concepts
  • Experience with version control (Git/Github)
  • Experience with automation (GitHub Actions, scripting…)
  • Experience or a wish to work with physical hardware
  • An interest in solving challenging problems with practical solutions

Apply

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Location

New York, NY

Compensation

$130,000 - $165,000 (per year)

Posted

25 days ago

Category

Technical Writing

Keywords

hugo framework github actions git/github python go javascript