About the position
The Technical Content Experience (TCX) group, also known as AWS Documentation, is seeking college students to join us as interns. In this position, you will apply your education and refine your technical writing skills with hands-on experience. You will produce high-quality, external publications that help AWS customers achieve their goals. As a Technical Writer intern, you will join one of our writing teams for a 3-month program this summer. With the guidance of a mentor, you will complete a project that resembles the work done by full-time, professional Technical Writers. You will deliver accurate, well-written, useful, and customer-focused documentation. You will work with other Technical Writers as well as Software Development Engineers, Product Managers, UX Designers, UX Researchers, and other roles in a cross-functional, distributed environment.
Responsibilities
- Produce high-quality documentation for AWS customers
- Follow a style guide to produce content that is consistent with AWS standards
- Produce examples for developers, such as example code, demo apps, or Jupyter notebooks
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in bachelor's or master's degree program in English, Computer Science, or a related field with a graduation conferral date between Oct 2025 and May 2027
- Experience writing user-friendly content that helps people complete technical tasks, such as programming, administering IT systems, using software, or building cloud-based solutions
- Demonstrated ability to write content that is clear, well organized, and grammatically correct
- Ability to write basic example code in a programming language, such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, .NET, or Go
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with cloud computing, web services, or related areas
- Experience with machine learning/artificial intelligence
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A proactive and open-minded attitude to resolving problems and delivering results
- Passion to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
Benefits
- Base pay ranging from $27.93/hr to $62.45/hr depending on geographic market
- Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
