Director Engineering Technical Writer Jobs in Oregon

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Employer: AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC.,
Offered Position: Tech Writer-Tech III
Job Location: Portland, Oregon
Job Number: AMZ10358499
Position Responsibilities:
Own and maintain documentation and content strategy for AWS services, including information architecture, content standards, and publishing workflows. With minimal guidance, create high-quality technical content including API documentation, developer guides, implementation tutorials, and best practices. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and service teams to understand complex technical concepts and translate them into clear, accurate documentation. Establish and maintain documentation standards and best practices across the AWS documentation set. Manage multiple complex documentation tasks and projects with little or no oversight. Lead documentation projects for major feature launches and service improvements, including re:Invent launches. Mentor other technical writers and review their work for quality and consistency. Partner with localization teams to ensure documentation meets global audience needs. Engage with customers, gather data and feedback, and report insights around content performance metrics through analytics implementation and automated feedback collection systems. Design and implement processes for documentation effectiveness measurement. Drive insights into content and product planning. Develop and implement AI-powered automation solutions that optimize documentation workflows and increase content production efficiency. Integrate generative AI tools into technical writing processes for content generation, documentation updates, and customer feedback analysis.
Position Requirements:
Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Technical Writing, or a related field and two years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Technical Writing, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and two years of experience. Must have two years of experience in the following skills: (1) experience as a technical editor or writer of technical documentation working with style guides; (2) experience using content publishing tools to write, format, manage, and publish high-quality content; (3) experience with XML content and familiarity with content authoring tools; (4) experience writing developer-focused documentation for cloud services or APIs; (5) strong command of technical writing tools and content management systems; and (6) experience using generative AI tools to optimize and accelerate the technical writing process.
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40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $125,800/year to $170,200/year.
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Position Requirements:
Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Technical Writing, or a related field and two years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Technical Writing, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and two years of experience. Must have two years of experience in the following skills: (1) experience as a technical editor or writer of technical documentation working with style guides; (2) experience using content publishing tools to write, format, manage, and publish high-quality content; (3) experience with XML content and familiarity with content authoring tools; (4) experience writing developer-focused documentation for cloud services or APIs; (5) strong command of technical writing tools and content management systems; and (6) experience using generative AI tools to optimize and accelerate the technical writing process.#0000
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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