Lead Technical Writer, MongoDB

• Candidates must have extensive technical writing experience and 2+ years of experience managing a team of technical writers, developer advocates, or other technical communications-focused roles
• Is passionate about developing writing expertise on a team through reviews and mentorship
• Has experience prioritizing and planning documentation projects
• Works collaboratively with other documentation leaders and writers
• Grew a technical writing team through interviewing, hiring, and onboarding talented writers
• Possesses strong critical reading and writing skills
• Has experience writing content for the software architect persona
• Has experience with cloud and database technologies
• Is able to write code for technical examples in at least one programming language (e.g., C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript). Comfortable reading and interpreting code

• The MongoDB Documentation team is a group of writers and engineers who develop and maintain the documentation for the MongoDB product family
• Our goal is to help our readers successfully use MongoDB products by providing outstanding documentation
• The MongoDB Documentation team is a part of the MongoDB Product organization and is tightly integrated with the engineering teams responsible for each product
• We are hiring a Lead Technical Writer to guide the creation of world-class documentation for MongoDB’s cloud products and cloud architecture recommendations
• You will use your leadership skills to manage and grow a talented team of writers, prioritize and plan documentation projects, and influence the strategic vision for the MongoDB docs
• You will use your strong writing and technical skills to guide production of clear and consistent product documentation, architecture recommendations, and tutorials
• Your team’s work, along with the three other MongoDB docs teams, support a large global community of new and experienced MongoDB users
• Lead a small technical writing team with opportunity for team growth
• Integrate with a highly collaborative group of documentation leaders to build a strong cross-functional documentation team
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Design, Developer Relations, and Product Marketing to ensure the documentation meets the needs of our users
• Foster a positive and effective team culture
• Develop the writing, testing, and technical skills of the team through coaching
• Contribute feedback to the team through copy review and planning discussions
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product on the team’s roadmap
• Interview and hire talented writers for all areas of the MongoDB Docs team
• Advocate for users in everything your team produces
• Produce technically accurate and well-written documentation when time permits
• In 3 months:
• You've met with all of your team members and are starting to learn their interests, strengths, and areas for development
• You’ve become comfortable with our toolchain and writing workflow
• You're getting to know our partners in Engineering and Product Management
• You’re getting comfortable with participating in intra and inter team discussions
• You've completed any required technical and leadership training required for the MongoDB Product team
• In 6 months:
• You review your team’s work and are using their writing to learn more about MongoDB Atlas and enterprise architectures
• You've adapted to our style of writing and instill technical writing best practices in team members’ work
• You have worked with each team member to develop a growth plan tailored to their career goals
• You and your manager have discussed your career trajectory and growth opportunities
• You've developed a working knowledge of the MongoDB server and know who to follow up with when you need to learn more
• In 12 months:
• You're actively guiding the team to produce consistently high quality documentation for enterprise architectures, entire feature sets, complex tutorials, and high level concepts
• You know how much work your team can manage and are delivering content at a healthy pace
• You provide expert copy and technical reviews for your team members

• Rich health insurance coverage
• Virtual & on-site fitness classes
• Health screenings & telemedicine
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Global and internal mobility opportunities
• Equity & Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Pension & retirement programs
• Income Protection
• Flexible PTO is offered to every US employee & competitive time off policies for non-US employees
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mental health counseling
• Free meditation app access
• Fertility & adoption financial assistance
• Parental counseling for new parents
• 20 weeks of fully paid gender neutral parental leave & flexible work arrangements
• 4 weeks of emergency care leave

Total funding: $311.1m

MongoDB is an open-source, cross-platform, document-oriented database system. It stores data as JSON-like documents and is written in C++, Go, JavaScript and Python.