Job Summary:
Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by over 45 million developers and 500,000 organizations. The Senior Technical Writer will be responsible for developing technical documentation that assists users in utilizing Postman for API projects, ensuring high-quality, accurate resources that cater to a diverse user base.
Responsibilities:
• Own the docs for your dedicated feature sets—you’ll be responsible for documenting specific areas of the Postman product and will drive all docs efforts around it
• Plan documentation in conjunction with product release cycles—you’ll work with engineers and product managers to learn about a feature from specifications, user research, and most importantly through your own hands-on experimentation with the product
• Carry out editorial reviews on your docs teammates’ drafts—you’ll be providing constructive feedback that helps your colleagues to grow, as well as receiving it
• Deliver high-quality, accurate documentation that acts as an effective learning resource, aligns with content strategy guidelines, and represents the Postman product to community and customers
• Liaise with stakeholders across the company to establish and address docs needs
• Mentor other writers at Postman to teach them about processes and best practices for developing best-in-class documentation
Qualifications:
Required:
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years of technical writing or related field experience
• Problem solver—you take a broad view of the role your docs work plays within the organization and are comfortable with shifting priorities
• User empathy—maybe you’ve been involved in tech support, in a community or customer facing role, you’ve helped people learn tech skills, or you’ve sought user feedback on docs in the past
• Strong communicator—you’ve written technical material before, whether official documentation or just your own tutorials on tech skills you wanted to share, and your communication skills carry over into the way you engage with teammates
• Self-directed learner—you can pick up tech skills with minimum support and have a curiosity about learning development workflows and practices
• Experience using and documenting SaaS products.
• Distributed team member—you’re comfortable working within a diverse global team in multiple time zones
Preferred:
• Experience with the Docs as Code/Docs like Code approach to documentation
• Writing Markdown-based content
• Working in an Agile environment
• Using source control systems, especially Git
Company:
Postman is a software company that offers a platform for the users to design, develop, test, and organize custom APIs. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.