Senior Technical Writer
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Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Are you ready to power the Worlds connections
If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.
About the Role:
Kong is building the future of API management for developers. Were a fast-growing well-funded company with happy customers and motivated employees. Join our friendly fast-moving Docs team in delivering content that helps our users succeed in their goals.
We own the full docs stack from the foundational platform through supporting contributions from across the company to leading initiatives that advance our content and usability. We regularly get hands-on with the product ensuring that the content we produce is accurate (and becoming product experts in the process).
Were looking for a Senior Technical Writer who is excited by having a variety of projects in their queue who is either comfortable with or wants to learn a docs-as-code delivery model and who is ready to be an integral part of a rapidly-growing company.
What youll do:
Use the Product: One of our core rules is you cant ship a doc unless youve successfully tested whats written.
Focus on the End User: Write deployment and configuration guides user guides API and command references tutorials and best practices guides based on real world user needs
Collaborate: Shipping great docs is a team game. Work with writers engineers product managers and UX designers to develop clear and concise technical content. Then work with technical support staff field specialists and the community to develop it even further.
Continually improve: Both the documentation and yourself. Whether its internal processes tooling or new skillsets this is a team that values improvement in all things.
What youll bring:
Empathy curiosity and a willingness to try new things especially those outside of your comfort zone.
4 years experience writing clear concise technical material for developers and/or enterprise admins.
Experience working asynchronously with teams distributed across the world.
Candor. There are still things we can improve. We want you to help make the team better.
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About Kong:
Kong Inc. a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike Kongs unified API and AI platform Kong Konnect enables organizations to secure manage accelerate govern and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information visit .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Proofreading
- Adobe Acrobat
- Content Management Systems
- Technical Writing
- Visio
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Sharepoint
- XML
- Confluence
- Wiki Systems
- Word Processing
- Writing Skills
About Company
Kong is the most widely adopted API gateway and service mesh, powering the world’s APIs for modern architectures. Accelerate development and productivity today!
