Astronomer is hiring a
Technical Writer in United States

Summary

Astronomer is hiring a Technical Writer to join their team and help shape the documentation experience for Astronomer and Apache Airflow users. The candidate will write, edit, and maintain Astro documentation within a Git-based workflow, spend time digging into source code and meeting with members of the engineering and product teams, and contribute to building the Astro documentation site.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a technical writer role
• Proficiency in Git, GitHub, and version control tooling
• Experience writing content to for developers and/or technical audiences in Markdown
• Experience working with products containing APIs, CLIs, and SDKs
• You have enough of a developer background that you can read API requests and read code written in Python or Bash CLI commands and capture nuances in documentation
• You’re conversant in cloud provider services and concepts like infrastructure management, authentication, and enterprise needs
• You’re a strong verbal and written communicator. You have a knack for breaking down complex technical concepts into engaging and digestible content
• You’re self-driven, you love to write and you’re passionate about technology
• You have an eye for detail and an opinion on whether we should title a navigation menu ‘Develop Locally’ or ‘Developing Locally’
• You have a portfolio of technical writing samples that you’re willing to share

Responsibilities

• Write, edit, and maintain Astro documentation within a Git-based workflow
• Spend time digging into source code and meeting with members of the engineering and product teams to document existing and new functionality
• Work with Product, Sales and Customer teams to triage internal and external feedback and prioritize requests to improve documentation
• Work to ensure that our documentation is consistent with existing copy and UX presented in our product itself
• Conduct user research to inform content hierarchy, content, format and presentation of public docs
• Contribute to building our Astro documentation site to continuously improve the UX and infrastructure that powers the user-facing experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Apache Airflow
• Kubernetes
• Docusaurus
• Figma

Benefits

The estimated salary for this role ranges from $100,000 - $150,000, along with an equity component