Amazon
Remote (The position is flexible across Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA, with remote work flexibility once you are ramped up.)
Programmer Writer - AWS Cryptography - Herndon or Seattle
Security is the #1 concern of customers adopting the cloud, and AWS Cryptography's mission is to relentlessly raise the bar on both security and ease of use for our customers. Would you like to own the production of high-quality technical publications for our team, empowering customers to harness our services, tools and software to quickly and confidently move their sensitive workloads to the AWS cloud? Can you learn new technologies quickly, and break complicated ideas down into smaller, easy-to-understand thoughts? Do you thrive on interacting with software developers and customers to create intuitive documentation and implementation guides? Do you have the deep technical background and fearless curiosity to deliver reliable documentation for a rapidly expanding service? You bring the can-do attitude and track record for thinking big and delivering. We'll teach you the cryptography. The AWS CloudHSM team is looking for an experienced technical writer to work with on our service and SDK documentation. The position is flexible across Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA, with remote work flexibility once you are ramped up. You will create and deliver documentation, tutorials, and code samples for CloudHSM. Your documentation will help developers implement secure, available, high-performing workloads for encryption, signing and authentication in the AWS cloud. Your guides will demonstrate why customers should trust every aspect of the service, show AWS users how to get started with our service and tools, explain key [no pun intended] concepts, and provide task-oriented procedures for development and deployment. As a Programmer Writer at AWS, you will work directly with subject matter experts to drive the development and maintenance of customer-facing content, user guides, API reference pages, tutorials, and code samples. The ideal candidate is an independent and curious self-starter with a demonstrated ability to produce high quality technical content, drive documentation planning, and collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and technical program managers. Amazon.com is deeply committed to being a leader in the web services marketplace, and one of the key measures of success is how well we support the vibrant developer community that consumes the AWS products. Our technical publications team plays a vital role in getting customers up and running quickly and making sure that the details of our products are clearly described and easy to understand. Responsibilities: · Create and drive a documentation plan in coordination with the product manager and engineering teams in consultation with peer technical writers. · Help define writing projects and determine priorities. · As an integral part of our team, produce high-quality documentation including conceptual, how-to, and API reference documentation for AWS CloudHSM and AWS Cryptography at large · Write or manipulate samples to support documentation · Reorganize and update current documentation based on customer feedback · Conduct peer edits for grammar, style, and form. * For more information on Amazon Web Services, please visit http://aws.amazon.com * Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability/ Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS· A minimum of 3 years as a technical writer in a relevant field. · Degree in English, Technical Writing, Computer Science or a related field. · Proven experience designing, planning, and delivering developer-oriented/system admin documentation. · Ability to write example code in at least one programming language, such as Java, C or Go. · Experience using documentation tools to write, format, manage, and publish high-quality content. · Experience working directly with development teams. · Strong attention to detail. · Strong interpersonal skills. · A proactive and open-minded attitude to resolving problems and delivering results. · Passion to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS· Strong written and verbal communication skills. · Experience using and following a style guide. · Experience working with XML-based publishing systems. · Experience with cloud computing, Web Services, IaaS, PaaS, or related areas is a plus. · Experience working with agile project management methodologies is a plus. · Experience working with GitHub is a plus. · Experience writing API reference documentation is a plus. · Experience documenting cryptographic tools is helpful, but not required.
Feb 03, 2020
Full-time
Programmer Writer - AWS Cryptography - Herndon or Seattle
Security is the #1 concern of customers adopting the cloud, and AWS Cryptography's mission is to relentlessly raise the bar on both security and ease of use for our customers. Would you like to own the production of high-quality technical publications for our team, empowering customers to harness our services, tools and software to quickly and confidently move their sensitive workloads to the AWS cloud? Can you learn new technologies quickly, and break complicated ideas down into smaller, easy-to-understand thoughts? Do you thrive on interacting with software developers and customers to create intuitive documentation and implementation guides? Do you have the deep technical background and fearless curiosity to deliver reliable documentation for a rapidly expanding service? You bring the can-do attitude and track record for thinking big and delivering. We'll teach you the cryptography. The AWS CloudHSM team is looking for an experienced technical writer to work with on our service and SDK documentation. The position is flexible across Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA, with remote work flexibility once you are ramped up. You will create and deliver documentation, tutorials, and code samples for CloudHSM. Your documentation will help developers implement secure, available, high-performing workloads for encryption, signing and authentication in the AWS cloud. Your guides will demonstrate why customers should trust every aspect of the service, show AWS users how to get started with our service and tools, explain key [no pun intended] concepts, and provide task-oriented procedures for development and deployment. As a Programmer Writer at AWS, you will work directly with subject matter experts to drive the development and maintenance of customer-facing content, user guides, API reference pages, tutorials, and code samples. The ideal candidate is an independent and curious self-starter with a demonstrated ability to produce high quality technical content, drive documentation planning, and collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and technical program managers. Amazon.com is deeply committed to being a leader in the web services marketplace, and one of the key measures of success is how well we support the vibrant developer community that consumes the AWS products. Our technical publications team plays a vital role in getting customers up and running quickly and making sure that the details of our products are clearly described and easy to understand. Responsibilities: · Create and drive a documentation plan in coordination with the product manager and engineering teams in consultation with peer technical writers. · Help define writing projects and determine priorities. · As an integral part of our team, produce high-quality documentation including conceptual, how-to, and API reference documentation for AWS CloudHSM and AWS Cryptography at large · Write or manipulate samples to support documentation · Reorganize and update current documentation based on customer feedback · Conduct peer edits for grammar, style, and form. * For more information on Amazon Web Services, please visit http://aws.amazon.com * Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability/ Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS· A minimum of 3 years as a technical writer in a relevant field. · Degree in English, Technical Writing, Computer Science or a related field. · Proven experience designing, planning, and delivering developer-oriented/system admin documentation. · Ability to write example code in at least one programming language, such as Java, C or Go. · Experience using documentation tools to write, format, manage, and publish high-quality content. · Experience working directly with development teams. · Strong attention to detail. · Strong interpersonal skills. · A proactive and open-minded attitude to resolving problems and delivering results. · Passion to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS· Strong written and verbal communication skills. · Experience using and following a style guide. · Experience working with XML-based publishing systems. · Experience with cloud computing, Web Services, IaaS, PaaS, or related areas is a plus. · Experience working with agile project management methodologies is a plus. · Experience working with GitHub is a plus. · Experience writing API reference documentation is a plus. · Experience documenting cryptographic tools is helpful, but not required.
Wowza Media Systems, the global leader in live video streaming technology, is seeking a highly skilled Technical Writer. As a Technical Writer at Wowza, you will help our customers successfully deliver streaming video and audio to any device, anywhere, and you’ll empower a community of builders to create professional streaming solutions at scale.
What you would be doing
We are looking for a Technical Writer to help document our streaming server software and related products and APIs. You’ll be producing content for streaming professionals and platform developers who use Wowza products and technology to customize live streaming workflows. You’ll set up and use software from Wowza and third parties to plan, write, and curate technical content, including user guides, technical articles, UI text, API reference documentation, and code examples. You’ll work closely with other technical writers as well as the Wowza Product Management, Engineering, Support, and Marketing teams to build and maintain a robust library of content that enables our customers to use our products effectively and efficiently.
You’ll report to the Documentation Manager as a member of the Technical Documentation team. You’ll partner with cross-functional and geographically-dispersed professionals who are focused on creating, improving, and driving the adoption of Wowza Streaming Engine and other Wowza technologies. This role requires you to move nimbly between projects and thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple assignments of varying complexity.
You must be passionate about helping customers be successful in implementing their streaming goals and have an interest in video streaming technology. Your contributions will play a vital role in customer satisfaction.
Experience we’d like you to have
2+ years producing technical documentation for commercially released software products.
The ability to read and understand code, or better yet, experience writing code examples.
Familiarity with programming and scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, cURL, JSON, XML, the OpenAPI/Swagger specification, and the GraphQL specification.
Proficiency in HTML and CSS.
Working with content management systems and source-code repositories; Git experience preferred.
Familiarity with HTTP-based adaptive-bitrate streaming, CDN services, and OTT delivery; experience with Wowza products and services a plus.
Using technical writing style guidelines and SEO best practices to help raise content usability and discoverability. Familiarity with the Microsoft Manual of Style and Chicago Manual of Style a plus.
Working in iterative software development cycles that use agile methodologies and processes.
Strong cross-group collaboration skills, with the ability to gather and incorporate business and technical requirements and feedback from multiple stakeholders into documentation.
Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision.
Ability to work remotely and/or with remote team members.
Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Who We Are
Wowza Media Systems is a streaming software, cloud services, and hardware provider aimed at powering live streaming for today’s most innovative companies. We frequent Streaming Media’s list of Companies That Matter Most in Online Video and Readers’ Choice Awards , as well as Built in Colorado’s list of Best Medium Workplaces (with a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor).
Cofounders David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good first set out to create cool stuff with like-minded people in 2005. In the fourteen years that have followed, Wowza’s become the gold standard for streaming. One third of content delivery networks (CDNs) have Wowza’s technology built in and more than 35,000 organizations across the globe have powered their streaming with Wowza.
With adoption rates exploding, use cases proliferating, and video quality increasing, the streaming industry’s influence on everyday life continues to grow. And when it comes to live video, one thing rings true: If you can dream it, the experts at Wowza can help you build it.
Why Work for Wowza
Wowza’s global team is headquartered in the foothills of Colorado, with plenty of parking and where the deer, elk, and buffalo roam. Generous PTO and paid holidays, a healthy work-life-balance, and a 401K match that vests immediately are among the many reasons we love working here.
The tight-knit crew benefits from a dog-friendly workplace, unlimited snacks, catered lunches, holiday parties, and more. Employees are encouraged to take ownership of their role with limited oversight — and coworkers are happy to help one another out.
Wowza’s team also works to connect the larger community with our passion for tech. From live-streaming graduation ceremonies for local high schools to participating in events like SheTech, employees are able to cultivate the same creative energy that first brought the company to life.
Wowza Media Systems is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all people to thrive in.
Jan 27, 2020
Full-time
Wowza Media Systems, the global leader in live video streaming technology, is seeking a highly skilled Technical Writer. As a Technical Writer at Wowza, you will help our customers successfully deliver streaming video and audio to any device, anywhere, and you’ll empower a community of builders to create professional streaming solutions at scale.
What you would be doing
We are looking for a Technical Writer to help document our streaming server software and related products and APIs. You’ll be producing content for streaming professionals and platform developers who use Wowza products and technology to customize live streaming workflows. You’ll set up and use software from Wowza and third parties to plan, write, and curate technical content, including user guides, technical articles, UI text, API reference documentation, and code examples. You’ll work closely with other technical writers as well as the Wowza Product Management, Engineering, Support, and Marketing teams to build and maintain a robust library of content that enables our customers to use our products effectively and efficiently.
You’ll report to the Documentation Manager as a member of the Technical Documentation team. You’ll partner with cross-functional and geographically-dispersed professionals who are focused on creating, improving, and driving the adoption of Wowza Streaming Engine and other Wowza technologies. This role requires you to move nimbly between projects and thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple assignments of varying complexity.
You must be passionate about helping customers be successful in implementing their streaming goals and have an interest in video streaming technology. Your contributions will play a vital role in customer satisfaction.
Experience we’d like you to have
2+ years producing technical documentation for commercially released software products.
The ability to read and understand code, or better yet, experience writing code examples.
Familiarity with programming and scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, cURL, JSON, XML, the OpenAPI/Swagger specification, and the GraphQL specification.
Proficiency in HTML and CSS.
Working with content management systems and source-code repositories; Git experience preferred.
Familiarity with HTTP-based adaptive-bitrate streaming, CDN services, and OTT delivery; experience with Wowza products and services a plus.
Using technical writing style guidelines and SEO best practices to help raise content usability and discoverability. Familiarity with the Microsoft Manual of Style and Chicago Manual of Style a plus.
Working in iterative software development cycles that use agile methodologies and processes.
Strong cross-group collaboration skills, with the ability to gather and incorporate business and technical requirements and feedback from multiple stakeholders into documentation.
Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision.
Ability to work remotely and/or with remote team members.
Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Who We Are
Wowza Media Systems is a streaming software, cloud services, and hardware provider aimed at powering live streaming for today’s most innovative companies. We frequent Streaming Media’s list of Companies That Matter Most in Online Video and Readers’ Choice Awards , as well as Built in Colorado’s list of Best Medium Workplaces (with a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor).
Cofounders David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good first set out to create cool stuff with like-minded people in 2005. In the fourteen years that have followed, Wowza’s become the gold standard for streaming. One third of content delivery networks (CDNs) have Wowza’s technology built in and more than 35,000 organizations across the globe have powered their streaming with Wowza.
With adoption rates exploding, use cases proliferating, and video quality increasing, the streaming industry’s influence on everyday life continues to grow. And when it comes to live video, one thing rings true: If you can dream it, the experts at Wowza can help you build it.
Why Work for Wowza
Wowza’s global team is headquartered in the foothills of Colorado, with plenty of parking and where the deer, elk, and buffalo roam. Generous PTO and paid holidays, a healthy work-life-balance, and a 401K match that vests immediately are among the many reasons we love working here.
The tight-knit crew benefits from a dog-friendly workplace, unlimited snacks, catered lunches, holiday parties, and more. Employees are encouraged to take ownership of their role with limited oversight — and coworkers are happy to help one another out.
Wowza’s team also works to connect the larger community with our passion for tech. From live-streaming graduation ceremonies for local high schools to participating in events like SheTech, employees are able to cultivate the same creative energy that first brought the company to life.
Wowza Media Systems is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all people to thrive in.
At Prisma we are building the data layer for modern applications. If you are fascinated by the software that power large technology companies such as Twitter, Airbnb and Facebook but want the challenges and freedom that come with working in a small startup, then a job at Prisma might be for you.
With $4.5M in funding from top-tier SV investor Kleiner Perkins we are a small and dedicated team in Berlin working on making advanced data infrastructure developed at large tech companies accessible to all developers around the world.
We are focused on bottom-up adoption, and most of our software is open-source. At Prisma you will be part of a vibrant community. Prisma users often engage with the company on GitHub and Slack.
Thousands of developers are using the Prisma Framework to build applications and we want to help making them successful. That's why we're looking for an Education Engineer to join our Developer Success team.
What does an Education Engineer do?
As an Education Engineer, your main goal is to create and maintain the content developers use as they're exploring and using Prisma. This mostly includes the official Prisma documentation and example projects .
The role also provides a lot of freedom and lets you develop creative ideas for how the learning experience of Prisma users can be further improved (e.g. come up with new MDX components for the docs, create video courses about specific Prisma features, host educational events, ...).
Your responsibilities therefore include a variety of tasks:
Develop and communicate the "mental model" of the Prisma Framework
Define and evolve the structure of the Prisma docs
Write and maintain the Prisma docs content
Build out and maintain the Prisma example projects
Improve Prisma's docs and examples based on user feedback
Develop ideas and start initiatives to improve the Prisma learning experience
Who we are looking for?
To be successful in this role, you should have a strong passion for teaching and educating other developers . As you're overseeing the entire Prisma learning experience, you should also be able to think holistically about a developer's journey through the Prisma content and understand how to present the content in a helpful way (e.g. by progressively disclosing complexity ).
Furthermore, you should ...
... have practical experience in the Node.js ecosystem (knowledge of TypeScript is a plus)
... be familiar with relational databases (knowledge of other databases is a plus).
... have the ability to debug and reproduce technical problems.
... be passionate about helping other developers solve their problems.
What is it like to work at Prisma?
You're likely to be a great fit for the team if you ...
... have an ownership mindset. As part of a small team, you'll have an outsize impact on decisions and the way things are executed.
... think crossfunctionally. Missing engineering features or design elements that could improve your workflow? Bring it up. The team is small and pitches in.
... stay nimble. As a growing startup, the team and strategy evolves quickly. Be ready to re-calibrate often and stay flexible.
... be kind and collaborative. Come in ready to share your ideas and listen to feedback. We rely on each others' input to create great final results.
Bonus points
The main goal developers have when using the Prisma Framework is to build applications . Therefore, any additional knowledge and experience that you bring from the areas of general application development and software engineering is a great plus, such as:
Programming languages like TypeScript, Go, Python, Java, ...
Building and using APIs, e.g. REST, GraphQL, gRPC, ...
Various non-relational databases (MongoDB, Neo4j, Redis, FaunaDB, ...)
Infrastructure, CI/CD, Docker, Serverless, ...
Information architecture and technical illustrations
Prisma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Feb 03, 2020
Full-time
At Prisma we are building the data layer for modern applications. If you are fascinated by the software that power large technology companies such as Twitter, Airbnb and Facebook but want the challenges and freedom that come with working in a small startup, then a job at Prisma might be for you.
With $4.5M in funding from top-tier SV investor Kleiner Perkins we are a small and dedicated team in Berlin working on making advanced data infrastructure developed at large tech companies accessible to all developers around the world.
We are focused on bottom-up adoption, and most of our software is open-source. At Prisma you will be part of a vibrant community. Prisma users often engage with the company on GitHub and Slack.
Thousands of developers are using the Prisma Framework to build applications and we want to help making them successful. That's why we're looking for an Education Engineer to join our Developer Success team.
What does an Education Engineer do?
As an Education Engineer, your main goal is to create and maintain the content developers use as they're exploring and using Prisma. This mostly includes the official Prisma documentation and example projects .
The role also provides a lot of freedom and lets you develop creative ideas for how the learning experience of Prisma users can be further improved (e.g. come up with new MDX components for the docs, create video courses about specific Prisma features, host educational events, ...).
Your responsibilities therefore include a variety of tasks:
Develop and communicate the "mental model" of the Prisma Framework
Define and evolve the structure of the Prisma docs
Write and maintain the Prisma docs content
Build out and maintain the Prisma example projects
Improve Prisma's docs and examples based on user feedback
Develop ideas and start initiatives to improve the Prisma learning experience
Who we are looking for?
To be successful in this role, you should have a strong passion for teaching and educating other developers . As you're overseeing the entire Prisma learning experience, you should also be able to think holistically about a developer's journey through the Prisma content and understand how to present the content in a helpful way (e.g. by progressively disclosing complexity ).
Furthermore, you should ...
... have practical experience in the Node.js ecosystem (knowledge of TypeScript is a plus)
... be familiar with relational databases (knowledge of other databases is a plus).
... have the ability to debug and reproduce technical problems.
... be passionate about helping other developers solve their problems.
What is it like to work at Prisma?
You're likely to be a great fit for the team if you ...
... have an ownership mindset. As part of a small team, you'll have an outsize impact on decisions and the way things are executed.
... think crossfunctionally. Missing engineering features or design elements that could improve your workflow? Bring it up. The team is small and pitches in.
... stay nimble. As a growing startup, the team and strategy evolves quickly. Be ready to re-calibrate often and stay flexible.
... be kind and collaborative. Come in ready to share your ideas and listen to feedback. We rely on each others' input to create great final results.
Bonus points
The main goal developers have when using the Prisma Framework is to build applications . Therefore, any additional knowledge and experience that you bring from the areas of general application development and software engineering is a great plus, such as:
Programming languages like TypeScript, Go, Python, Java, ...
Building and using APIs, e.g. REST, GraphQL, gRPC, ...
Various non-relational databases (MongoDB, Neo4j, Redis, FaunaDB, ...)
Infrastructure, CI/CD, Docker, Serverless, ...
Information architecture and technical illustrations
Prisma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Splice Machine, an AI predictive platform startup company, is hiring a Senior Technical Writer to develop and maintain the documentation for the Splice Machine Product family. Work from anywhere in the US.
Splice Machine is a scalable SQL database that enables companies to modernize their legacy and custom applications to be agile, data-rich, and intelligent – all without re-writes. Splice Machine not only reduces database licensing costs but also enable the applications to add new data sources at a massive scale. Splice Machine enables enterprises to unify analytics and machine learning that used to be on separate platforms to be native to the application thereby reducing ETL latency and infrastructure costs. The Splice Machine data platform can be deployed on-premise or as a fully-managed cloud service.
Splice Machine’s CEO/ Co-Founder, Monte Zweben, is a serial entrepreneur in AI, selling his first company, Red Pepper, to Peoplesoft/ Oracle for $225M and taking his second company Blue Martini, through one of the largest IPOs in the early 2000s ($ 2.9B ). He started Splice Machine to disrupt the $30 billion traditional database market with the first open-source dual engine database and predictive platform to power Big Data, AI and Machine Learning applications.
Splice Machine has recruited a team of legendary Big Data advisors including, Roger Bamford, “Father of Oracle RAC”, Michael Franklin, former Director of AMPLab at UC Berkeley, Ken Rudin, Head of Growth and Analytics for Google Search, Andy Pavlo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and Ray Lane, former COO of Oracle, to collaborate with the Splice Machine team as we blaze new trails in Big Data.
About You
You enjoy learning and collaborating with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Pre/Post Sales teams to scope and define documentation projects.
You write concise, easy-to-understand documentation that simplifies complex technical concepts into content consumable by all skill levels and roles.
You review and edit documentation drafts contributed by peers.
You contribute to and lead strategic documentation initiatives to enhance content and content creation.
About What You'll Do
You will use your writing and technical skills to write clear and consistent reference documentation and tutorials on high-complexity features.
Your goal is to help our readers successfully use Splice Machine AI Platform by developing and maintaining outstanding documentation.
You will be responsible for the Splice Machine AI Platform across multiple versions of the product. You will regularly tackle topics such as the server API, backups and restoration, creating deployments with enterprise-grade security, and managing high availability and scalability in Splice Machine clusters.
You will write for experienced users and those new to Splice Machine. Your work will support a global community of Splice Machine users.
Preferred Experience:
5+ years of technical writing experience in the software industry.
Experience writing technical documentation for developers from scratch
Strong critical reading and writing fundamentals
Experience with database technologies (NoSQL or RDBMS) or data warehouse technologies
Experience with distributed systems and/or security technologies (e.g. encryption) and authentication protocols (e.g. LDAP)
Understanding of Cloud management platforms like Cloudera
Familiarity with Jupyter notebook systems and Machine Learning basics
Experience with a programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript)
Experienced with testing and validating documentable features and concepts
Other Helpful Skills
Understanding of Docs-as-Code approach to technical documentation
Experience with Jekyll or another Static Site Generator
Experience editing content in Markdown (we use the Kramdown dialect)
Advanced CSS/SASS experience
HTML expertise
GitHub experience
Experience with JIRA or a similar Agile issue/bug tracking system
Comfort with MacOS and Linux command line use
Ability to create and edit simple BASH shell scripts
Experience using SSH and FTP clients for server access
Our team at Splice Machine enjoys access to the best tools available, an open and collaborative distributed work environment and a supportive culture inspiring them to do their very best. We offer great salaries, generous equity, employee health coverage, flexible time off, and an environment that gives you the flexibility to seize moments of inspiration among other perks. Splice Machine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Jan 29, 2020
Full-time
Splice Machine, an AI predictive platform startup company, is hiring a Senior Technical Writer to develop and maintain the documentation for the Splice Machine Product family. Work from anywhere in the US.
Splice Machine is a scalable SQL database that enables companies to modernize their legacy and custom applications to be agile, data-rich, and intelligent – all without re-writes. Splice Machine not only reduces database licensing costs but also enable the applications to add new data sources at a massive scale. Splice Machine enables enterprises to unify analytics and machine learning that used to be on separate platforms to be native to the application thereby reducing ETL latency and infrastructure costs. The Splice Machine data platform can be deployed on-premise or as a fully-managed cloud service.
Splice Machine’s CEO/ Co-Founder, Monte Zweben, is a serial entrepreneur in AI, selling his first company, Red Pepper, to Peoplesoft/ Oracle for $225M and taking his second company Blue Martini, through one of the largest IPOs in the early 2000s ($ 2.9B ). He started Splice Machine to disrupt the $30 billion traditional database market with the first open-source dual engine database and predictive platform to power Big Data, AI and Machine Learning applications.
Splice Machine has recruited a team of legendary Big Data advisors including, Roger Bamford, “Father of Oracle RAC”, Michael Franklin, former Director of AMPLab at UC Berkeley, Ken Rudin, Head of Growth and Analytics for Google Search, Andy Pavlo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and Ray Lane, former COO of Oracle, to collaborate with the Splice Machine team as we blaze new trails in Big Data.
About You
You enjoy learning and collaborating with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Pre/Post Sales teams to scope and define documentation projects.
You write concise, easy-to-understand documentation that simplifies complex technical concepts into content consumable by all skill levels and roles.
You review and edit documentation drafts contributed by peers.
You contribute to and lead strategic documentation initiatives to enhance content and content creation.
About What You'll Do
You will use your writing and technical skills to write clear and consistent reference documentation and tutorials on high-complexity features.
Your goal is to help our readers successfully use Splice Machine AI Platform by developing and maintaining outstanding documentation.
You will be responsible for the Splice Machine AI Platform across multiple versions of the product. You will regularly tackle topics such as the server API, backups and restoration, creating deployments with enterprise-grade security, and managing high availability and scalability in Splice Machine clusters.
You will write for experienced users and those new to Splice Machine. Your work will support a global community of Splice Machine users.
Preferred Experience:
5+ years of technical writing experience in the software industry.
Experience writing technical documentation for developers from scratch
Strong critical reading and writing fundamentals
Experience with database technologies (NoSQL or RDBMS) or data warehouse technologies
Experience with distributed systems and/or security technologies (e.g. encryption) and authentication protocols (e.g. LDAP)
Understanding of Cloud management platforms like Cloudera
Familiarity with Jupyter notebook systems and Machine Learning basics
Experience with a programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript)
Experienced with testing and validating documentable features and concepts
Other Helpful Skills
Understanding of Docs-as-Code approach to technical documentation
Experience with Jekyll or another Static Site Generator
Experience editing content in Markdown (we use the Kramdown dialect)
Advanced CSS/SASS experience
HTML expertise
GitHub experience
Experience with JIRA or a similar Agile issue/bug tracking system
Comfort with MacOS and Linux command line use
Ability to create and edit simple BASH shell scripts
Experience using SSH and FTP clients for server access
Our team at Splice Machine enjoys access to the best tools available, an open and collaborative distributed work environment and a supportive culture inspiring them to do their very best. We offer great salaries, generous equity, employee health coverage, flexible time off, and an environment that gives you the flexibility to seize moments of inspiration among other perks. Splice Machine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Do you have a passion for editing and want to get your work in front of millions of Python developers?
The realpython.com tutorial team is known for making the highest-quality Python tutorials available online. Our mission is to help Python developers around the world become more awesome.
With a reach of over 2,000,000 visitors a month, it feels amazing how far we’ve come—but we think we can do even better!
To help us raise the quality level of our tutorials even further, and expand beyond the topics we’ve covered so far, we are growing our team.
We are looking for a great Tutorial Editor to join our team. Keep reading to find out what’s involved and how you can apply.
Requirements & How To Apply
As a Tutorial Editor on the RP Team you’ll put the finishing touches on our written tutorials and articles so we publish helpful, beautiful, and watertight pieces of technical writing that our readers will love.
After structural and technical feedback has been resolved, you’ll perform a final editing and proofreading pass to fix any remaining typos, grammatical issues, and formatting problems.
In this final editing phase you’ll focus on tone, clarity, and formatting (as well as adherence to the style guide) so you can deliver on our high quality standards and guarantee consistency for our students.
You’ll also be responsible for setting up the article on the realpython.com website using our custom content management system. This requires an eye for clear layouts and presenting information on the web in a way that is fun and accessible.
In summary, we’re looking for a freelance Tutorial Editor with a passion for editing and an interest in Python who has:
A detailed grasp of the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of written English
An instinct for how to analyze text in order to rearrange it in a way that is clearer, both conceptually and visually
Precision of thought to address potential ambiguities and misunderstandings in our articles
An ear for tone
An average of about 15 hours a week to edit articles and communicate with the rest of the team
Basic technical knowledge of HTML and web publishing. Experience with using Markdown, and online collaboration tools like GitHub, Trello, and Slack is a plus
You’ll work closely with our Executive Editor in this role and we will train you on the technical details and the specifics of our publishing process—so don’t feel like you have to be a rockstar programmer or blogger to apply for this role.
We’re looking for a long-term collaboration with someone who’s eager to learn and grow, and comfortable using modern communication tools on our 100% remote-first team.
To apply, please fill out our RP Team Tutorial Editor Job Application form at https://realpython.com/jobs/tutorial-editor/ We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Jan 29, 2020
Long-term Contract
Do you have a passion for editing and want to get your work in front of millions of Python developers?
The realpython.com tutorial team is known for making the highest-quality Python tutorials available online. Our mission is to help Python developers around the world become more awesome.
With a reach of over 2,000,000 visitors a month, it feels amazing how far we’ve come—but we think we can do even better!
To help us raise the quality level of our tutorials even further, and expand beyond the topics we’ve covered so far, we are growing our team.
We are looking for a great Tutorial Editor to join our team. Keep reading to find out what’s involved and how you can apply.
Requirements & How To Apply
As a Tutorial Editor on the RP Team you’ll put the finishing touches on our written tutorials and articles so we publish helpful, beautiful, and watertight pieces of technical writing that our readers will love.
After structural and technical feedback has been resolved, you’ll perform a final editing and proofreading pass to fix any remaining typos, grammatical issues, and formatting problems.
In this final editing phase you’ll focus on tone, clarity, and formatting (as well as adherence to the style guide) so you can deliver on our high quality standards and guarantee consistency for our students.
You’ll also be responsible for setting up the article on the realpython.com website using our custom content management system. This requires an eye for clear layouts and presenting information on the web in a way that is fun and accessible.
In summary, we’re looking for a freelance Tutorial Editor with a passion for editing and an interest in Python who has:
A detailed grasp of the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of written English
An instinct for how to analyze text in order to rearrange it in a way that is clearer, both conceptually and visually
Precision of thought to address potential ambiguities and misunderstandings in our articles
An ear for tone
An average of about 15 hours a week to edit articles and communicate with the rest of the team
Basic technical knowledge of HTML and web publishing. Experience with using Markdown, and online collaboration tools like GitHub, Trello, and Slack is a plus
You’ll work closely with our Executive Editor in this role and we will train you on the technical details and the specifics of our publishing process—so don’t feel like you have to be a rockstar programmer or blogger to apply for this role.
We’re looking for a long-term collaboration with someone who’s eager to learn and grow, and comfortable using modern communication tools on our 100% remote-first team.
To apply, please fill out our RP Team Tutorial Editor Job Application form at https://realpython.com/jobs/tutorial-editor/ We're looking forward to hearing from you!
