Senior Technical Writer
On behalf of our client, Procom is searching for a Senior Technical Writer for a contract opportunity located in Santa Clara, CA.
Senior Technical Writer Job Details
As Senior Technical Writer you help launch our client's new, state-of-the-art wearable devices and platforms, including augmented reality, fitness coaching, and other comprehensive wearable technologies. You will work directly with the product, design and test teams to develop engineering documentation for building and using the most innovative wearable products. You will be working with enthusiastic and experienced peers in an environment that facilitates delivering industry-leading solutions with both creative-edge and high quality.
What You Will Be Doing:
Create clear and concise technical documentation to accompany the latest innovations in the wearable technology
Design user guides, platform architecture overviews, public API programming guides, SDK development tutorials and other engineering documentation for client's new wearable platform and products
Manage large and complex documentation projects, collaborate with senior engineers and program managers to create content
Contributing to platform UI/UX specifications
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and document new features.
Showcase rich functionality and diversity of the newest wearable devices.
Collaborating with remote global teams, including device, cloud, test, etc. to innovate new technologies with maximum development efficiency.
Senior Technical Writer Mandatory Skills
BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
3-5 years of experience writing technical publications for a highly technical audience
Proven track record of researching and writing effective technical documentation
Ability to work with engineering teams as part of the software development process
Proficiency with HTML and CSS
Strong collaboration and project management skills
Experience working directly within a software development team, including extensive interaction with senior engineers and software architects
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
Senior Technical Writer Nice to Have Skills
You have a strong portfolio demonstrating prior work and experiences creating technical documentation
Ability to read and understand source code written in Java and/or Swift
Experience working in Agile environment, knowledge of Scrum-based methodologies
Knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
Familiarity with version control systems, such as Git
Master's Degree or another advanced degree is preferred
Senior Technical Writer Start Date
ASAP
Senior Technical Writer Assignment Length
6months
"Please note that we are not able to work with candidates on H1B Visas or candidates represented by third parties."