Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 16, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overview
What you'll do
• Create materials for experienced software engineers as well as those who may be new to the product
• Use and explore the product in depth, to help discover where the documentation needs to be improved
• Create documentation including tutorials, how-to guides, reference guides and explanatory material
• Review, road-test and improve practical guides
• Update reference and explanation material in collaboration with colleagues
• Improve and correct documentation based on feedback from users and technical support
• Read design documents and specifications
• Build, install, and use pre-release software to assist in generating proper instructions
• Standardise the structure, presentation, style and language of content across products
• Actively improve documentation, through attention to practice, process, tools and users' needs

Our best candidate is
• A technical author who's comfortable working with, reading and writing code
• Or a programmer/developer with a record of producing excellent documentation
• Software development experience in Python, JavaScript or other suitable language
• Familiar with application deployment, system operations, and infrastructure management
• Qualified with a BS/BA or equivalent in Technical Communication, English, or Computer Science
• Experienced working in a technical writing position
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assimilate technical information rapidly from a variety of sources
• Has the character and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment
• Familiar with command line UNIX/Linux
• Effective working in a distributed team
• Confident using Ubuntu Desktop for all of the above
• Familiar with Git or other version control systems
• Has knowledge of HTML and Markdown
• Able to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
• Technical Author - Ubuntu and Canonical products

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