Technical Writer

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience creating content for technical audiences (e.g., developer documentation, Computer Science course material, or IT administration playbooks).
  
• Experience producing technical documentation for a technical audience, for enterprise cloud services.
  
• Experience with HTML, Markdown, or Unix.
  
• Experience with API management.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Writing, Engineering, or a scientific-related field.
  
• 2 years of experience with technical writing, or a related technical area.
  
• Experience in UX Writing, UX Design, Markdown, JavaScript, JavaScript Object Notation, XML, or Scripting.

About the job

Technical writers plan, create, and maintain educational content as an integral part of the engineering or user experience. The content is often in the form of documentation, but may also be UI text, sample code, videos, or other educational material. Regardless of the content medium, technical writers are distinguished by their abilities to explain complex topics in a way that's useful to their audience.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Write technical documentation for developers and cloud architects building solutions for their own private Google Cloud.
• Produce and curate content helping customers.
• Edit, clarify, and proofread documents written by others, and coach non-writers on ways to improve their writing skills.
• Work with a global team of engineers, product teams, content strategists, and other technical writers.
• Plan, design, write, and publish technical documentation including critical customer user journeys, concepts, how-to guides, and API reference documentation for enterprise customers.