Create user-centric API and SDK documentation and programming guides for developer audiences. Collaborate with engineering, product, and integrations teams to produce clear, story-driven API content using style guides, markup languages, and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
Compose.ly has partnered as an exclusive recruiter with a growing fintech solutions provider seeking a seasoned Senior Technical Writer for developer audiences to work alongside their in-house team and other internal stakeholders in a full-time capacity. Storytelling is central to successful documentation, and we’re looking for a writer who understands how a well-crafted narrative can clarify complex concepts to enhance the developer experience.
This role is for you if you…
- Have proven experience working with software engineering teams and other internal stakeholders to write superior API and SDK documentation that not only informs but engages.
- Prioritize the user and their implementation journey, crafting content that contextualizes technical details in a way that connects to the bigger picture.
- Excel at explaining complex technical information in relatable, straightforward ways that make it easier for developers to dive in and succeed.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of key terminology in one or more programming languages.
- Are detail-oriented and deadline-driven, consistently delivering high-quality work and proactively seeking out the answers you need.
- Communicate and collaborate professionally and efficiently with a geographically distributed team.
- Keep pace with product development teams, using style guidance to produce industry-leading API and programming content that flows logically and tells a cohesive story.
- Collaborate closely with product engineering, product management, integration teams, and other internal stakeholders to create user-centric API documentation and programming guides.
- Bachelor's degree or higher (ideally in English, technical communications, computer science, or a similar field)
- 3+ years of experience as a technical writer for a developer audience at an Agile software company
- Proven experience writing detailed, user-centric API and programming documentation in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional ability to grasp and communicate interrelationships between topics, presenting information hierarchically in a logical, meaningful, and consistent manner
- A user-focused perspective backed by experience and technical accuracy
- Proficiency in Markdown or another markup language, like HTML, and Swagger
- Knowledge of one or more programming languages (Java, Go, Python, Typescript) and OpenAPI
- Ability to handle and prioritize multiple focus areas and tasks while maintaining a high-velocity and high-quality output
- Commitment to adhering to documented standards and styles
- Enthusiasm for cross-functional collaboration with people at all levels of an organization
- Ability to work in US time zones (ideally Central Standard Time)
- A strong writing portfolio demonstrating some or all of these skills
- An advanced degree in a related discipline
- Programming experience
- Writing with ReadMe
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