Documentation Engineer / Technical Writer

About the position

As a Meta Technical Writer, you will be part of a team responsible for the quality, discoverability, and accuracy of content for internal technologies. You will conduct hands-on research and obtain necessary technical content from subject matter experts while translating it into clear, concise, structured documentation. This may mean documenting something yourself, editing contributed content from someone else, or at other times, fixing and reorganizing existing documentation. In addition, you may also have opportunities to code and project manage for various documentation requests.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain documentation for internal technologies, tools, and platforms used within Meta.
• Work closely with engineering, product, and support teams to ensure the quality, discoverability, and accuracy of the content that you create and develop.
• Design, create, and edit technical and process documentation.
• Create and maintain code sample fragments and sample applications, as needed.
• Navigate through multiple platforms such as web, iOS, and Android.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in computer science, technical writing, physics, mathematics, or chemistry or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience in writing, technical documentation, and/or developer outreach for a developer audience or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience with a programming language such as JavaScript, Objective-C, Java, PHP, Python, etc.
• Experience writing, proofreading and editing.
• Experience programming, using the command-line, trying out user interfaces, and working with prototype hardware in test environments.
• Experience with authoring tools such as XML, HTML, Markdown, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience producing and organizing content with a logical flow.
• Experience managing projects with multiple deadlines.

Benefits

• $118,000/year to $169,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits