Technical Writer, Staff (Developer Documentation)

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Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure

Job Details

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Hello! We’re the Data Cloud Content Experience team. We write content that helps customers unlock their trapped data and build personalized experiences with Data Cloud.

We’re looking for a developer doc writer who will create content that helps developers build on and extend Data Cloud. We have outstanding content strategists on Data Cloud CX, and we want a dev doc specialist who’ll partner with them, as well as with PM and Eng stakeholders, to understand developers’ needs and deliver industry-leading content to meet them.

This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 10/quarter to our San Francisco, CA, Seattle or Bellevue, WA office to support customers and/or collaborate with their teams.

Required Experience/Skills:

• 7+ years of professional writing with a focus on developer documentation

• Excellent writing skills, including explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Excellent communication skills, including giving and receiving feedback

• Growth mindset: Flexible and open to changing priorities and assignments

• Dedicated team player who works closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and subject matter experts

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver high-quality content within tight deadlines

• Ability to develop innovative dev doc strategies for cross-cloud products and solutions

• Strong customer advocate

Desired Experience/Skills:

• Experience with the following:

  • Source control software such as Perforce or Git

  • XML-based authoring tools such as Oxygen

  • DITA and structured authoring

  • Salesforce

  • Agile development process

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For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $121,800 to $167,400.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $132,800 to $182,600.

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