Technical Writer

Armenia / Yerevan

We are looking for a highly motivated, technically skilled, and passionate-about-writing individual to join our Documentation team. The ideal candidate has a basic development background, can produce technical content in English, is eager to learn, and works well in a team.

As a Tecnical Writer You Will

• Study the product and its features: interview developers, examine the source code, and test the product manually
• Share your feedback to improve the product’s architecture and design
• Review support tickets and communicate with support engineers to learn about the client needs
• Create and maintain documentation that targets developers and helps them learn efficiently: API reference descriptions, concept articles, tutorials
• Write code snippets and sample applications
• Write blog posts and create video lessons
• Manage the documentation’s life-cycle from drafts to published documents

Required Skills

• Excellent command of English
• Clear, consice, and accurate writing, excellent grammar and spelling, strong editing skills
• Experience with object-oriented programming (classes, types, objects, inheritance, instances, events, etc.), or JavaScript frameworks and mobile application development
• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts (related to architecture, code, UX, etc.) and communicate them clearly to the developer audience
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills: a can-do and open-minded attitude, a determination to communicate efficiently, resolve problems, and deliver results
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative work environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to work across time zones with distributed teams
• Passion for writing, coding, and technology
• Focus on quality. Strong attention to detail. Obsession with technical accuracy

How We Work

• We follow the “Documentation as Code” philosophy
• Work in VSCode
• Write documents in Markdown
• Store changes in Git
• Utilize automated processes (API generation and synchronization, user feedback processing, doc testing, validation, issue tracking)
• Use Agile Software Development practices

Useful Information

If you wonder whether technical writing is for you, take a look at these articles from “I’d Rather Be Writing”, Tom Johnson’s tech comms blog:

• Tell me about your career as a technical writer…
• Should you get a degree in a tech comm program? Two considerations to keep in mind
• Simplifying complexity
• Documenting APIs: A guide for technical writers and engineers
• Native library APIs

Review some of the documentation we write: https://docs.devexpress.com/.

Benefits

• Official contract depends on the Labor Code of your country of residence. Our level-based salary rates ensure that your compensation adjusts to your growing skillset
• 40-hour work week. Flexible schedule and location (remote work)
• Invest in your health and wellness: 100% paid sick leaves, private health insurance, gym compensation, etc.
• A powerful laptop from the company
• Various forms of compensation for online classes and other means of self-education and work-related personal growth
• Company-sponsored team-building retreats. Our annual company-wide events are unforgettable

Join Us