Lead Technical Writer

Summary

Join MongoDB's Documentation team as a Lead Technical Writer to lead and grow a team of talented writers, focusing on creating world-class documentation for MongoDB's cloud products and architecture. You will prioritize and plan documentation projects, influencing the strategic vision for MongoDB's documentation. Leverage your strong writing and technical skills to guide the production of clear and consistent documentation, including architecture recommendations and tutorials. Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and marketing teams to ensure documentation meets user needs. This remote role, based in the US or Canada, offers opportunities for team growth and professional development within a supportive and enriching company culture.

Requirements

• Extensive technical writing experience
• 2+ years of experience managing a team of technical writers, developer advocates, or other technical communications-focused roles
• Strong critical reading and writing skills
• Experience writing content for the software architect persona
• Experience with cloud and database technologies
• Ability to write code for technical examples in at least one programming language (e.g., C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript). Comfortable reading and interpreting code

Responsibilities

• Lead a small technical writing team with opportunity for team growth
• Integrate with a highly collaborative group of documentation leaders to build a strong cross-functional documentation team
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Design, Developer Relations, and Product Marketing to ensure the documentation meets the needs of our users
• Foster a positive and effective team culture
• Develop the writing, testing, and technical skills of the team through coaching
• Contribute feedback to the team through copy review and planning discussions
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product on the team’s roadmap
• Interview and hire talented writers for all areas of the MongoDB Docs team
• Advocate for users in everything your team produces
• Produce technically accurate and well-written documentation when time permits

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about developing writing expertise on a team through reviews and mentorship
• Experience prioritizing and planning documentation projects
• Experience working collaboratively with other documentation leaders and writers
• Experience growing a technical writing team through interviewing, hiring, and onboarding talented writers

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• Mental health counseling
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Health benefits offerings
• Equity
• Participation in the employee stock purchase program