Technical Content Writer - API (Contract)

Posted 4 Days Ago
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7 Locations
3-5 Years Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Software
The Role
Lead the development and strategy of API-related content including starter projects, guides, and blog posts. Synthesize complex AI topics into engaging copy for diverse audiences. Collaborate with Design and Brand teams and analyze content performance with analytics tools.
Summary Generated by Built In
Perplexity is revolutionizing search. We are seeking a Technical Content Writer to join our team and work closely with our API, Design, Marketing, and Brand teams. You will lead our API content development and strategy by amplifying the magic of Perplexity with a unique tone, exceptional writing skills, and a passion for cutting-edge technology.

This is a hybrid contract role based in San Francisco, CA.  $75 per hour/40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

  • Create exceptional and captivating content for the API - starter projects, product & feature guides, emails, social media posts, support pages, FAQs, and blog posts.
  • Identify content opportunities and novel ways to bring out the value prop of the API through curated content.
  • Synthesize complex AI-related topics and feature releases into understandable and digestible copy for a technical and non-technical audience alike.
  • Track content performance via internal data and analytics tools; analyze and optimize engagement metrics of the content.
  • Work closely with our Design and Brand teams to adhere to current guidelines.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of content writing and strategy experience, ideally with API products.
  • Proficiency in HTML/CSS and fundamentals of common programming languages like Python and Javascript.
  • World-class writing, editing, and proofreading skills with a unique voice and tone.
  • Understanding of technical details like networking, security, and REST.
  • Familiarity with techniques like prompting, function calling, and RAG.
  • Extreme attention to detail paired with fast-paced execution.
  • 0-to-1 development of API documentation material, including blogs, starter projects, and guides.
  • Experience with international brands and multiple languages
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At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine just over a year ago. Our AI-powered search assistant has amassed 10 million monthly active users as of early 2024, with our mobile apps installed over 1 million times across iOS and Android devices. In 2023 alone, we served over 500 million queries from users around the globe.


To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected investors in technology. In January 2024, we raised $73.6 million in a Series B round led by IVP, with participation from NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos' investment fund, NEA, Databricks, and other prominent firms. We followed that up with a $62.7 million Series B1 round in April 2024 led by Daniel Gross, valuing Perplexity at over $1 billion.
Our prominent investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals.

 

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

 

 

Top Skills

JavaScript
Python
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
41 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

The most powerful answer engine. Powering curiosity with answers backed by up-to-date sources. This is where knowledge begins.

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