Staff Technical Writer

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Job Category

Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Technical writers at Salesforce produce documentation and content experiences that help customers get the most out of our products. We work closely with other writers, product managers, engineers, and the User Experience (UX) team in an Agile development environment to produce in-app assistance, help, guides, interactive training (https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en), and videos for administrators, users, and developers. We’re passionate about innovating and developing solution-oriented content strategies that deliver the right content, the right way, at the right time.

This is a hybrid work role with a minimum requirement of 10 times/quarter to our San Francisco, CA office to support customers and/or collaborate with team members.

Required Experience/Skills

6-15 years of experience documenting software for technical audiences. Ability to write clean, concise, and approachable content.
Proven ability to craft content for end users.
Ability to quickly learn complex technologies.
High standards of quality and attention to detail.
Experience with XML-based authoring tools such as Oxygen.
Experience with source control software such as Perforce or Git.
Excellent problem solver.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong advocate for the customer.
Ability to work collaboratively and manage multiple deliverables within tight deadlines.
Strong team player with excellent communication skills.
Bachelor's degree in a technical, communications, or writing field, or equivalent experience.
Knowledge of DITA and structured authoring.
Experience working in an Agile development environment

Desired Experience/Skills

Experience with source control software
Ability to read, understand, and build short code samples in a variety of programming languages
Experience with CRM applications (Salesforce familiarity a plus)
Good to have experience with Salesforce-specific technologies (Apex, Lightning Web Components, etc.)
Programming knowledge with HTML
A related technical degree required

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

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.