Technical Writer, Seccl
£45-60k
+ Octopus Share Incentive Plan
2-3 days a week in office
The embedded investment platform
Be an early applicant
The embedded investment platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
£45-60k
+ Octopus Share Incentive Plan
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s helping more people to invest – and invest well.
Role
Who you are
- You’re an exceptional writer who can simplify complex technical concepts without losing accuracy or nuance
- You’ve created and maintained documentation for technical or SaaS products - ideally in fintech or developer-focused environments
- You understand APIs, developer tooling and technical specifications, and can confidently translate them into clear, usable guidance
- You have a sharp eye for detail and care deeply about clarity, consistency and quality
- You’re comfortable using documentation platforms, version control systems or static site generators
- You thrive working cross-functionally with engineers, product managers and marketers, and know how to ask the right questions to get the detail you need
- You’re curious, methodical and precise - combining technical understanding with a genuine passion for clear communication
- You’re motivated by making technology more accessible and want to help shape how clients and partners experience Seccl’s platform
- If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Technical writer to join our Content and Comms team
- This is a newly created role, reporting to the Head of Content & Comms, designed to make complex technology clear, structured and accessible
- As Seccl’s Technical Writer, you’ll create and maintain the documentation that enables developers and operational teams to understand and use our platform effectively
- The Content and Comms team sits at the centre of how Seccl shows up in the market. We shape our brand and drive awareness through content, campaigns and events
- As we scale, we’re focused on delivering clear, insight-led content that supports commercial outcomes and strengthens our position in the industry - and that includes world-class technical documentation
- Working closely with Product, Engineering, Product Marketing and customer-facing teams, you’ll ensure every guide, API reference, release note and help article is accurate, well-structured and easy to follow
- You’ll also help define and maintain the tone and style of our technical documentation, ensuring it reflects the same clarity and straightforward approachability that underpins the Seccl brand
- Creating and maintaining user guides, API documentation, release notes and implementation materials - ensuring everything is technically accurate, structured and easy to follow
- Owning the ongoing improvement of our documentation, proactively updating content as the platform evolves
- Championing clarity and consistency across all product content, applying and helping to evolve Seccl’s tone, style and documentation standards
- Supporting developer experience by making our platform intuitive to understand and straightforward to integrate with
- Partnering with Product and Engineering teams to translate complex technical changes into accessible, user-focused documentation
- Collaborating with Product Marketing to align release communications and user-facing content, ensuring technical accuracy and messaging consistency
- Managing documentation systems and version control, keeping content well organised, searchable and up to date
Application process
- Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you
- Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious
- In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this, (following an initial chat with one of our Talent team):
- First stage – we will share a technical writing task for you to work on at an agreed time, if that goes well, we will progress to a 45 mins competencies-based interview with the hiring manager and Product, marketing and insight lead
- Second stage – one-hour interview with key stakeholders from the wider business
- Final stage – 45 mins bar-raiser culture-based interview
- We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage
- Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Seccl is an embedded investment platform revolutionising how companies offer investment services. With its API-first technology infrastructure, it helps financial professionals and businesses launch and manage investment platforms easily. By simplifying old, clunky processes, Seccl gives firms the tools they need to offer customers a seamless, digital investing experience - whether it's for financial advisers, neobanks, or fast-growing startups.
Since being acquired by Octopus in 2019, Seccl has seen impressive growth. Now supporting over 1 million investors, it manages more than £6 billion in funds through its platform. With this, Seccl is well on track to power even more businesses, and as it continues to grow, its mission to disrupt the industry with smarter, scalable solutions is only growing in momentum.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Flexible/hybrid working: We don’t prescribe when or how many days you come into the office. It’s what you deliver that’s important
- Events and socials: Twice-yearly all-company offsites, regular team socials and plenty of non-work activities – from gigs to sporting activities – to get stuck into
- Private medical: Access GP and other health and dental appointments work through private medical insurance
- Focus on mental health: Your wellbeing is more important than work. We offer free and confidential access to therapy if you need it
- Long-service award: A month’s fully-paid sabbatical when you’ve worked here for eight years (we’re part of Octopus, after all)
- The usual stuff: 27 days’ holiday (plus religious holidays and your birthday), Cycle2Work scheme and workplace pension
Company values
- Never settle
- Take ownership
- Be generous and candid
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
David Ferguson
(Executive Chairman)Joined Seccl in 2022 as CEO. Before that, they spent 15 years as the CEO of Nucleus Financial Group.
Jonathan Dees
(CEO)Previously COO of Octopus Investments and ZPG. Before that, they were Interim CFO at the Fairtrade Foundation.
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