Technical Writing Manager, GitLab
Equity available
One DevOps platform
Open for applications
One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
Equity available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Must have demonstrated experience using Git on the command line, ideally in a docs-as-code environment
- Proven experience managing a remote team of Technical Writers, including performance and compensation reviews
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Robust organizational skills
- Ideally have experience working on developer tools, or tools/workflows used by Engineers and Product teams
What the job involves
- As a Technical Writing Manager at GitLab, you will be responsible for managing a team of globally distributed Technical Writers
- Each of these Technical Writers is embedded with cross-functional stage group teams
- We follow a Git-based, docs-as-code workflow, adopting a Docs-first methodology in our documentation practices
- The work you and your team will do is very impactful, being seen by millions of our users around the world
- Grow and support your team of Technical Writers
- Promote a results-focused approach and work-life balance by helping to balance assignments across the team when workloads are uneven, manage conflicting priorities, and prevent over-resourcing
- Make sure Technical Writers effectively prioritize high-priority feature release work with other content, experience, and process improvements
- Help Technical Writers refine their writing skills by spot-checking content and providing editorial feedback
- Encourage efficient collaboration by defining processes that align with the rest of the product and engineering teams, are consistent and efficient, and use GitLab capabilities (like labels) to power process flows and metrics
- Promote and optimize the experience for documentation contributions from the GitLab team and the wider GitLab community
Our take
GitLab is an open-source collaboration platform for developers. It enables teams to build code quickly from anywhere without compromising on security or quality. GitLab already has an estimated 30M+ users from all over the world.
According to a 2021 GitLab report, 60% of developers can release code 2x faster with DevOps platforms that bring teams together and accelerate processes. It stands out by catering to programmers of all experiences. Gitlab's version control system helps streamline the process of creating, maintaining, and deploying code, whoever you are.
GitLab was in the right place to capitalize on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to continue to grow, and with it, GitLab's popularity. With its successful 2021 IPO and the patronage of major brands such as Nasdaq and Jaguar Land Rover, GitLab is expected to solidify its position as the go-to platform for development teams.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2019
$268m
SERIES E
Dec 2018
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $432.4m
Company benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off
Company values
- Collaboration - We prioritize things that help us work together effectively, such as assuming positive intent, saying “thanks” and “sorry,” and giving timely feedback.
- Results - We operate with a sense of urgency and bias for action, and we do what we promise — to each other, customers, users, and investors.
- Efficiency - From choosing boring solutions to documenting everything and being managers of one, we strive to make fast progress on the right things.
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging - We work to ensure GitLab is a place where people from every background and circumstance feel like they belong and can thrive.
- Iteration - We aim to do the smallest viable and valuable thing, and get it out quickly for feedback.
- Transparency - Everything we do is public by default, from our company handbook to the issue trackers for our product.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Sid Sijbrandij
(CEO)Studied Physics at the University of Twente. Interned at P&G and IBM. Was Lead Architect at the Netherlands' Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2012. Founded app store Comcoaster in 2008, and then co-founded GitLab in 2012.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at GitLab
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging is woven into our values and everything we do
- GitLab is home to many dedicated Team Member Resource Groups
- GitLab is a global, multi-cultural organization with team members all over the world
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