Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.
We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.
Senior AI Technical Writer
About the Role
You will write and maintain our technical documentation. You will also build the AI workflows that make documentation faster to produce. This role blends strong writing skills with hands-on AI skills. You will use tools like Claude to draft, check, and publish content — cutting the time it takes to go from idea to published doc, without losing quality.
What You'll Do
Write and Maintain Docs
- Write and update user guides, help articles, release notes, and process docs.
- Keep content clear, correct, and consistent with our style guide.
- Work with engineers and subject matter experts to gather the right source material.
Build and Run AI Workflows
- Set up and manage AI tools in Azure DevOps and related platforms (Claude, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI Services).
- Write and refine prompts and agent instructions that generate first-draft content.
- Check AI-generated content for accuracy, completeness, and consistency before it publishes.
- Track how much time AI saves, and report on it.
Improve the Process
- Find steps in the writing and development process that AI can speed up.
- Build a docs-as-code workflow, so documentation gets written alongside the code, not after it.
- Set up context-sensitive help early in development, not at the end.
- Test new formats, like AI-generated videos or product tours.
Work With Others
- Partner with technical writing leads, SMEs, QA, and dev teams.
- Help other writers and teams adopt AI tools and new workflows.
- Document your own processes, so others can follow them.
What You Need
- A bachelor's degree in English, Technical Communication, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent experience works too.
- 5+ years writing technical docs, doing QA, or working in software development.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps: pipelines, workflows, and AI integrations.
- Hands-on experience with an AI platform like Claude, Copilot Studio, or Azure AI Services — real production use, not casual use.
- Experience improving technical workflows.
Nice to Have
- Experience writing prompts or building AI agents, ideally paired with a specific technical domain.
- Experience checking AI output for errors and building a review process around it.
- Basic scripting or API experience.
- Experience with docs-as-code, DITA, XML, or a content management system.
- Experience working across multiple products or business areas.
Other Skills
- You think in systems and look for ways to automate work.
- You catch errors. AI drafts still need a human check, especially for anything safety-critical.
- You learn new tools and products fast.
- You can turn a messy SME conversation into clear, structured docs.
- You communicate well, in writing and out loud.
- You're comfortable in a fast-moving, remote-first team.
Sphera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Technical Communication, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience writing technical documentation, performing QA, or working in software development
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, workflows, and AI integrations
- Hands-on production experience with an AI platform such as Claude, Copilot Studio, or Azure AI Services
- Experience improving technical workflows
- Experience writing prompts or building AI agents paired with a technical domain
- Experience validating AI-generated content and building review processes
- Basic scripting or API experience
- Experience with docs-as-code, DITA, XML, or a content management system
- Experience working across multiple products or business areas
Sphera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sphera and has not been reviewed or approved by Sphera.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Sales on‑target earnings can be competitive for certain roles, with healthy ranges and high OTE potential for Solution/Account Executives. Feedback suggests on‑plan earnings compare well against many B2B software peers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental and vision coverage are characterized as good, with low deductibles and a significant employer share of premiums. Feedback suggests core health insurance quality is a relative strength.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently referenced, with a clear structure that enables a meaningful company contribution when employees contribute. Feedback suggests retirement offerings are straightforward and valued.
Sphera Insights
What We Do
Sphera is the leading provider of integrated sustainability and operational risk management software, data and consulting services focusing on Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S), Process Safety, Product Stewardship and Supply Chain Transparency. For more than 30 years, we have served 8,500 customers and a million-plus users in 100 countries to help companies keep their people safe, their products sustainable and their operations productive. We help enterprises build sustainable businesses while keeping people and the planet safe. Our solutions provide critical visibility and alignment across safety, risk, and supply chains -- empowering organizations to create lasting, sustainable impact. Our Mission: To create a safer, more sustainable and productive world by advancing operational excellence. Sphera's many internal initiatives, such as its annual Mentoring Program, running for its sixth year in 2025, supports staff in feeling and achieving their best. The goal of the Mentoring Program is to help participants achieve career development, personal growth, and create opportunities to partner with others from across the organization.
Why Work With Us
At Sphera we are solving some of the most important challenges facing the world today. Our staff, some of the world’s leading safety and sustainability experts, are meeting this challenge. Sphera is a hybrid company, with Chicago team attending SpheraIn days. We are always looking for talented people who want to make a difference.
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