Senior Technical Writer

Posted 8 Days Ago
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2 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Software
The Role
Write online help, user and administrator guides, best-practice documentation, and hardware configuration guides for enterprise software. Review GUI text, collaborate throughout the software development lifecycle, contribute to documentation standards, and mentor junior writers. The role requires technical writing experience, strong English, familiarity with issue tracking and source control systems, and understanding of software development processes. Experience with MadCap Flare, structured authoring, information design, operating systems, programming concepts, and virtualization technologies is advantageous.
Summary Generated by Built In
Acronis is a global leader in cyber protection, delivering AI-powered protection for productive MSPs in a single, natively integrated platform that unifies operations management, cybersecurity, and data protection. Driven by our mission to protect, manage and automate every workload that businesses and lives depend on, we’ve built the industry’s only all-in-one solution.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Writer to support the documentation kit of a worldwide cutting-edge technological solution - Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and Local. The Documentation and Localization team at Acronis consists of several outstanding professionals who live the values of sharing knowledge and never giving up. In addition to standard perks, we offer company-funded membership in tekom, Europe's largest professional organization for technical communication.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

  • Writing online help and user/administrator guides in English, from scratch, in parallel with the software development process
  • Creating other documentation for enterprise-level software products (best practice guides, hardware configuration guides)
  • Reviewing GUI text strings as part of the software development cycle
  • Mentoring junior team members to help them excel their writing skills
  • Contribute to the Company standards for technical documentation

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

  • Bachelor degree preferably in engineering, IT, or linguistics
  • Experience in technical writing 3+ years
  • English at a level no less than "Upper-Intermediate"
  • An eye for detail and consistency
  • Good understanding of the software development life cycle, from concept to final product release, and the role of a technical writer in this process
  • Experience with Jira or another issue tracking system
  • Experience with source control systems
  • Experience with MadCap Flare is considered a strong plus
  • Knowledge in information design and structured authoring is considered a plus
  • Preferred qualification: Familiarity with multiple operating systems, programming concepts, virtualization platforms, and other related technologies is considered a plus: Linux, MS SQL, MS Exchange, virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, RHEV, Citrix), Active Directory

*Please submit your resume and application in English 

 

WHO WE ARE 

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 21,000 service providers to protect more than 750,000 businesses. 

 

Our corporate culture centers on innovation, accountability, and impact. We encourage our people to think boldly, challenge conventional approaches, and take ownership of outcomes. As a member of our global “A-Team,” you’ll operate in a high-growth, fast-paced environment where resilience, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement drive success. 

 

OUR INTERVIEW PRACTICES 

To ensure a fair and genuine hiring process, candidates are expected to participate in interviews without the use of AI tools, automated prompts, or third-party assistance. Interviews are designed to assess individual skills, experience, and communication style, and we value authentic, real-time interaction. 


Use of AI or external assistance during live interviews may result in disqualification. For roles where AI skills are being evaluated, permitted use of AI tools will be clearly communicated in advance. Candidates may be asked to disable virtual backgrounds or participate in in-person interviews. All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of applicable criminal, education and identity background checks 


Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering, IT, or linguistics
  • 3+ years of technical writing experience
  • English proficiency at Upper-Intermediate level or higher
  • Strong attention to detail and consistency
  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle from concept through product release
  • Experience with Jira or another issue tracking system
  • Experience with source control systems
  • Experience with MadCap Flare
  • Knowledge of information design and structured authoring
  • Familiarity with multiple operating systems, programming concepts, virtualization platforms, and related technologies

Acronis Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Acronis and has not been reviewed or approved by Acronis.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as strong, with low-cost options and even a no-deductible plan reported in the U.S. Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision coverage are comprehensive and valued.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match that is consistently highlighted. Feedback suggests the match is meaningful and a notable part of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as generous, including substantial PTO and a broad U.S. holiday calendar. Employer materials reinforce this with references to a “generous vacation policy.”

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The Company
HQ: Schaffhausen
1,993 Employees
Year Founded: 2003

What We Do

Acronis unifies data protection and cybersecurity, delivering cyber protection that solves safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges. Acronis offers antivirus, backup, disaster recovery, endpoint protection management solutions, and award-winning AI-based antimalware and blockchain-based data authentication technologies through service provider and IT professional deployment models. These solutions protect data, applications, and systems in any environment. Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, over 5.5 million home users and 500,000 companies, including 100% of the Fortune 1,000, trust Acronis. Acronis products are available through 50,000 partners and service providers in over 150 countries and 40 languages.

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