Senior Technical Writer
Viam - New York, NY
posted 1 day ago
About the position
Viam is a software platform that makes it easy to turn great ideas into production-ready smart machines & robots at scale. Viam works with any hardware and has modern architecture, easy developer APIs, cloud connectivity and tools, and enterprise-grade security to give even the leanest teams the power to launch and manage their smart machine businesses. Viam makes building, deploying, and monitoring smart machines a more flexible, affordable, and user-friendly experience, allowing developers to do more with smart machines while getting them to market faster. By making smart machines more accessible, Viam is attracting talent and investment to the industry so that more people start building automated products and services that improve our quality of life. Viam's products are built by engineers, for engineers. We are building a platform we would want to use ourselves. Creating technical documentation of our products is essential for the success of our users. As a Senior Technical Writer, you will join a team focused on enabling software engineers to build and program robots.
Responsibilities
- Mentoring other technical writers
- Writing the documentation for Viam's products
- Developing sample applications for web, mobile, or data processing
- Helping build the layout and information architecture of our documentation
- Helping with improvements to our Hugo framework and automation workflows
- Contributing to and editing tutorial blog content
Requirements
- Experience mentoring technical writers
- Experience in technical writing
- Some programming experience sample projects and applications (Python, Go, or JavaScript preferred) and an understanding of coding concepts
- Experience with version control (Git/Github)
- Experience with automation (GitHub Actions, scripting)
- Experience or a wish to work with physical hardware
- An interest in solving challenging problems with practical solutions
Benefits
- 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans
- Commuter benefits
- Competitive salary & equity packages
- Reproductive Health Benefits including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits
- 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances
- One Medical Membership
- Class Pass & Citi Bike memberships
- Free lunch everyday that you're in the office
- Paid parental leave
