n8n is hiring a
Lead Technical Writer, Remote - Germany

Summary

The job is for a Lead Technical Writer at n8n, a fast-growing low-code platform. The role involves owning technical documentation, leading a team, gathering feedback, collaborating with stakeholders, and staying updated with best practices. The company offers competitive compensation, equity, work/life balance, career growth opportunities, a passionate team, remote work, transparency, giving back to open source projects, and sponsors visas for Germany.

Requirements

• Proven experience owning and writing technical content & documentation for developers, SaaS, and B2B products
• Some programming experience, ideally in a professional capacity, with Node.js and JavaScript
• A product mindset: able to put yourself in users' shoes and come up with creative ways of making user journeys simpler and easier
• A strong editorial eye and attention to detail
• Fluent-level writing skills in English

Responsibilities

• Own our technical documentation to accelerate the adoption of n8n by helping people autonomously get unstuck and ensuring the easiest possible user experience
• Lead a small team of internal and external writers
• Collect feedback from the community and analyze data to get signals on where to improve the usability of our docs
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to gather information and ensure the accuracy of the documentation
• Stay up to date with best practice and trends, and implement them in our documentation
• Understand company goals and strategy and use them to prioritize workflow for the docs

Preferred Qualifications

• Curious and you love learning new stuff ( super important. )
• Humble, kind, and are open to feedback ( super duper important. )

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Ownership: Our core value is to “empower others”, and we give you a slice of n8n in the form of equity
• Work/life balance: We work hard, but make sure everyone can properly recharge their batteries with 30 days holiday, plus public holidays wherever you are
• Career growth: We are looking to hire 'rising stars', who can grow with the company into more senior roles. We give you €1k a year to spend on courses, books, events and coaching, to support you in developing your career
• A passionate team: We love our product, and we have regular office hackathons to see who can build the coolest thing with it!
• Remote-first: Our team works remote from anywhere within Europe but we have regular off-sites to help build team bonds and alignment
• Transparency: We all know what everyone’s working on, how’s the company doing — the whole shebang
• Giving back: We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about
• Ambitious but kind culture where people love to work - our eNPS for 2023 is 100!