Senior Technical writer

Posted 7 Days Ago
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Egypt, AL
In-Office
5-5
Senior level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
Responsible for developing and maintaining documentation for products, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior writers. Requires strong technical understanding and problem-solving skills.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Technical Writer to create, edit, and maintain high-quality documentation for our products and services. The ideal candidate will have experience translating complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and user-friendly documentation for diverse audiences, including developers, engineers, and end users. This role requires strong writing, research, and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive documentation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop, write, and maintain technical documentation, including user guides, API documentation, FAQs, online help, white papers, and training materials.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product management, and support teams to understand technical concepts and ensure accurate documentation.
  • Organize and structure content for clarity, accessibility, and usability.
  • Edit and review documentation to ensure consistency, readability, and adherence to company standards.
  • Work with UX designers and developers to improve the documentation experience for users.
  • Conduct interviews, research, and hands-on testing to gather information about products and technologies.
  • Maintain and update documentation to reflect product changes and improvements.
  • Lead or contribute to process improvements and best practices in technical writing.
  • Mentor junior writers and provide editorial feedback to enhance the quality of documentation.

Requirements
  • Experience: 5+ years of experience as a technical writer, preferably in the software, IT, or engineering industries.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Technical Communication, English, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Writing Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
  • Technical Knowledge: Ability to understand and explain complex technical concepts (e.g., APIs, SDKs, cloud computing, networking, DevOps, AI/ML).
  • Tools Proficiency: Experience with documentation tools such as MadCap Flare, RoboHelp, Confluence, Markdown, GitHub, XML, DITA, and CMS platforms.
  • Collaboration: Strong ability to work cross-functionally with developers, engineers, designers, and product teams.
  • Agile Environment: Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Problem-Solving: Ability to research, troubleshoot, and present technical information in an easy-to-understand format.

Top Skills

Cms
Confluence
Dita
Git
Madcap Flare
Markdown
Robohelp
XML
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The Company
Seattle, Washington
171 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

We are a global team who's passionate about transformative enterprise solutions & intelligent design.

Our solutions and designs are out to reshape the way people interact with technology. BlackStone eIT supplies innovative solutions to automate and digitally transform human and information intensive processes. We empower breakthrough business results with smarter workflows, augmented business intelligence with AI insights, and through real-time situational awareness which all drive better business outcomes.

BlackStone offers a portfolio of next generation solutions, tools, and technologies to be used as a platform to transform traditional organizations into modern smart organizations. Our solutions are designed to dramatically reduce operating costs, increase competitiveness, mitigate risk, boost internal productivity, improve the customer and employee experience, and to make the previously impossible, possible

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