Technical Author Opportunities

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Join Canonical as a Technical Author and help set new standards of excellence in technical documentation across engineering, business operations, and open-source communities. This fully remote role offers opportunities at multiple levels, from Graduate to Senior Staff, supporting diverse teams and products. As a Technical Author, you will lead documentation initiatives, influence product and service development, and collaborate globally to advance documentation practice, theory, and user experience.

Key Responsibilities

Create, maintain, and improve technical documentation for software, products, and business operations.
Collaborate with team members to enhance documentation contributions and user experience.
Influence product and service development through expert user feedback and technical authority.
Engage with user and open-source communities to ensure documentation meets evolving needs.
Standardize documentation structure, presentation, and language across products and teams.
Support and encourage community involvement in documentation efforts.
Advance documentation best practices as part of Canonical's documentation practice team.

Required Skills & Qualifications

BSc/BA degree or equivalent experience.
Demonstrable expertise in technical writing and documentation, ideally with programming experience.
Experience in software development environments and open-source community engagement.
Proficiency with Linux, command line, Git, and documentation markup languages (e.g., reStructuredText, MyST).
Strong collaboration and communication skills with attention to functional written communication.
Technical curiosity and passion for software technology and open-source challenges.
Ability to travel twice a year for company events.
User-experience, interaction, or visual design understanding is a plus.
Leadership experience in open-source community or technical domains is valued.
Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and excellence in a distributed remote environment.

Job Type: Remote

Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience: Entry

Duration: 12 Months

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