How to match your resume to a Technical Writer job description
We are looking for a Technical Writer to write and maintain developer and product documentation. You will work with engineers to document APIs and releases, and own style guides and documentation structure. Required: hands-on experience with API documentation, Information architecture, Style guides, Markdown, and working knowledge of Confluence, Git, Swagger. Preferred: Society for Technical Communication Certification. Success in this role is measured by support tickets deflected, docs page views, time to first successful API call.
Required skills to mirror
- API documentation
- Information architecture
- Style guides
- Markdown
- Editing
- Screenshot and diagram creation
- Version control
- Docs-as-code
Seniority ladder
- Technical Writer
- Senior Technical Writer
- Documentation Manager
Title variants
- Documentation Specialist
- Content Engineer