Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience creating content for technical audiences (e.g., developer documentation, Computer Science course material, or IT administration playbooks).
- Experience in communicating with stakeholders to define and execute content plans for a variety of projects.
- Experience managing multiple competing priorities in a fluid, and constantly changing environment.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in writing, engineering, or scientific-related field.
- 2 years of technical writing experience.
- Experience documenting messaging applications and related platforms.
- Ability to identify, research, and implement process improvements that enhance cross-functional content delivery.
- Ability to quickly grasp and explain intricate technical information.
About the job
Technical writers plan, create, and maintain educational content as an integral part of the engineering or user experience. The content is often in the form of documentation, but may also be UI text, sample code, videos, or other educational material. Regardless of the content medium, technical writers are distinguished by their abilities to explain complex topics in a way that’s useful to their audience.
As a Technical Writer for ABC Engineering Operations, you will define and create essential documentation that enables ABC's product services to scale across Google and various partner ecosystem, including carriers, aggregators, OEMs, and brands.
In this high-impact role, you will lead documentation efforts for critical launches and migrations, drive adoption through clear and comprehensive explanations of product capabilities. This is a fantastic opportunity to directly influence the successful growing RCS for business. You will be at the forefront of crafting compelling narratives about the product and how it can be used, empowering its success across a wide and influential partner ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Lead medium to large documentation projects by scoping work, securing stakeholder buy-in, guiding execution, and communicating progress across teams.
- Develop comprehensive domain knowledge, understand technical Critical User Journeys (CUJ), product details, and anticipate the users’ information needs.
- Define documentation requirements with various teams, and work with engineers to create and update documentation sets.
- Deliver clear, accurate, and well-structured writing. Edit, revise, and restructure a wide range of documentation.
- Maintain and optimize the content experience by testing product workflows and incorporating partner feedback.
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