Lead Technical Writer
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16 hours ago
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Job Summary
Key Responsibilities
Content Quality Governance
- Define implement and enforce technical writing standards and editorial guidelines
- Conduct final quality assurance reviews of engineering blogs prior to publication
- Ensure consistency across content in terms of tone voice technical depth clarity and readability
- Provide clear constructive and actionable feedback to engineering authors
Checklist Review Oversight
- Own and continuously improve the engineering blog submission checklist framework
- Ensure all submissions meet defined criteria including:
- Technical completeness
- Logical structure (problem solution outcome)
- Compliance with security IP and confidentiality standards
- Review and approve checklist validations performed by junior technical writers
Blog Formatting & Editorial Excellence
- Oversee content editing including rewording simplification of technical concepts and language quality
- Ensure logical structuring and high readability of all articles
- Maintain consistency in formatting aligned with publishing platform standards
- Ensure proper inclusion of visuals (e.g. architecture diagrams) captions and references
Publication Management (Medium Platform)
- Own and manage the end-to-end publishing workflow on the organizations Medium publication
- Coordinate with engineering authors reviewers and approvers to ensure timely publication
- Manage approval workflows and publishing schedules effectively
Blog Status Monitoring & Tracking
- Design and manage a comprehensive blog tracking system or dashboard
- Monitor submission pipelines review progress and publication timelines
- Identify workflow bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance efficiency
Management Reporting
- Prepare periodic reports (weekly monthly quarterly) covering:
- Number of blogs submitted and published
- Turnaround times
- Content quality metrics
- Contributor engagement levels
- Provide insights and recommendations to engineering leadership on content trends and areas for improvement
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with Engineering leadership Architects SMEs and Corporate Communications (where applicable)
- Drive author engagement initiatives and promote a strong content contribution culture
Person Specifications
- 610 years of experience in technical writing engineering content or a related field
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science English Communications or a related discipline
- Proven experience working closely with software engineering teams
- Prior experience managing content workflows or editorial teams is highly preferred
- Advanced technical writing and editorial skills
- Strong understanding of software engineering concepts and practices
- Expertise in content structuring and storytelling
- Editorial governance and quality assurance capabilities
- Workflow and process management skills
- Strong analytical and data-driven reporting abilities
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
