Technical Writer, Astronomer

• You’re a product-minded technical writer or former developer passionate about translating complex technical concepts to engaging educational content within the context of open-source technology
• 3+ years of experience in a technical writer role
• Proficiency in Git, GitHub, and version control tooling
• Experience writing content to for developers and/or technical audiences in Markdown
• Experience working with products containing APIs, CLIs, and SDKs
• You have enough of a developer background that you can read API requests and read code written in Python or Bash CLI commands and capture nuances in documentation
• You’re conversant in cloud provider services and concepts like infrastructure management, authentication, and enterprise needs
• You’re a strong verbal and written communicator. You have a knack for breaking down complex technical concepts into engaging and digestible content
• You’re self-driven, you love to write and you’re passionate about technology
• You have an eye for detail and an opinion on whether we should title a navigation menu “Develop Locally” or “Developing Locally”
• You have a portfolio of technical writing samples that you’re willing to share

Desirable

• Write, edit, and maintain Astro documentation within a Git-based workflow
• Spend time digging into source code and meeting with members of the engineering and product to document existing and new functionality
• Work with Product, Sales and Customer teams to triage internal and external feedback and prioritize requests to improve documentation
• Work to ensure that our documentation is consistent with existing copy and UX presented in our product itself
• Conduct user research to inform content hierarchy, content, format and presentation of public docs
• Contribute to building our Astro documentation site to continuously improve the UX and infrastructure that powers the user-facing experience
• Become proficient in data engineering and generative AI concepts and best practices, and have the opportunity to be directly involved in the development of one of the world’s biggest open source projects