Remote Principal Technical Writer

Summary

Join Circle, a financial technology company, as a Principal Technical Writer to create written communication that engages and inspires developers in pushing the boundaries of building with Circle's applications and services.

Requirements

• 7+ years in writing user guides, integration guides, API developer guides, mobile development documentation, in-platform instructions, installation/configuration instructions, and system operations
• 7+ years of proven experience in a tech company
• Passionate about delivering the best developer experience through documentation
• Excellent technical understanding of blockchain technologies and ecosystems
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously, be proactive, prioritize, communicate, and function in a small team
• Comfortable taking on long-term, complex technical writing projects in a self-directed manner
• Experience/familiarity with GitHub, Git, and a few coding and scripting languages such as Swift, Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, CSS, Python, REST APIs and other typical office suite applications

Responsibilities

• Creating documentation and education materials to ensure developers can rapidly build with our APIs
• Determining the most logical way to present information for the greatest reader comprehension, which translates to developer success
• Generating innovative ideas for content and workflow solutions that use our APIs
• Meeting with subject-matter experts in product and engineering teams to understand the product and the documentation requirements to ensure niche topics are appropriately addressed
• Analyzing information required for crafting or updating all developer and technical documentation
• Reviewing and editing content developed by other Technical Writing team members

Benefits

• Base Pay Range: $175,000 - $225,000
• Annual Bonus Target: 17.5%
• Equity & Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
• Discretionary vacation policy
• 10 days of paid sick leave per year
• 11 paid holidays per year in the U.S