Senior Technical Writer, Developer Experience - Engineering
Senior Technical Writer, Developer Experience - Engineering
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Job Description
Were looking for a Senior Technical Writer to define and deliver several transformative developer-facing documentation projects. This is a Senior role. As a member of a small Engineering Technical Writing team youll get to make a significant recognised contribution to improving the Developer Experience at Squarespace.
Youll report directly to the Senior Manager for Technical Writing in Engineering. You will have the option of working from our Dublin office or remotely within Ireland.
Youll Get To
- Collaborate with software engineers and leaders performing independent research to inform your work
- Create clear accurate consumable technical content including API documentation and developer guides for a software engineering audience
- Coach teams on documentation workflows and technical writing best practices
- Realise improvements to our practices and to our developer experience
In the first three months youll:
- Build effective working relationships with engineers and leaders across R&D
- Begin leading 2-3 documentation projects contributing content and identifying future deliverables
- Begin creating your career development plan with your manager
Who Were Looking For
- 7 years of experience as a technical writer with a developer audience
- Experience delivering projects with a high level of technical complexity and broad scale
- You show an exemplary ability to write and converse in English
- You work as a peer to software engineers using the same tools and development methodologies including docs as code
- Youre curious learning new technical concepts and software products quickly
- You turn complex ideas in logical steps appropriate to the audience
- You work amazingly with remote and distributed teams
- You have a commitment to creating a culture of inclusion collaboration and trust
Benefits & Perks
- Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you your spouse or partner and your dependent children including medical dental and vision
- Life and Income Protection
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Pension benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 26 weeks paid maternity leave & 12 weeks paid paternity leave
- 2 weeks paid family care leave
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
About Squarespace
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence build an audience monetize and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites domains ecommerce and marketing tools as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1500 is headquartered in bustling New York City with offices in Dublin Ireland Aveiro Portugal and coworking spaces in the UK Netherlands and Australia. For more information about our company culture visit Commitment Today more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ethnicity ancestry religion national origin gender sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age citizenship marital or parental status disability veteran status or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process. Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
