Technical Writer – Remote Jobs

Job Type: Technical Writer from home
Location: Arlington work from home
Company: dbt Labs

Responsibilities:

30% of the new feature writing for the product

• Observes others to learn how to write thorough document plans for upcoming feature writing assignments.
• Just figuring out the best way to gather data to document new features
• When documenting a feature, pairs with experienced writers to learn how to advocate for new users and raise questions of the PM

Writing documents and projects: 20%

• Helps other authors with their document initiatives
• Effectively manages time and starts to recognize when to voice concerns about unclear or contradicting information

Resolving persistent problems -40%

• Resolves problems and inquiries with the assistance and direction of peers
• Requires assistance in formulating technical inquiries and knowing when to pose them.
• Recognizes which product categories are related with various PMs and DX advocates and brings them into the discussion when needed
• Asks for guidance on how to prioritize issues and may already have a fixed priority

Reviewing by peers: 10%

• Starts evaluating peer work with another writer; on occasion, finds holes in the pull request under review and expresses issues about them.
• Provides direction and rephrasing ideas
• Starts to match recommendations with our style manual
• Advocates for users on occasion when examining pull requests

Requirements:

Essential:

• One to three years of experience as a technical writer for a formal documentation team or for another role
• Ability to organize, set priorities, and complete minor projects under the guidance of a peer with great attention to detail Ability to provide and receive editorial and technical comments in a caring manner
• Clearly and succinctly communicates, particularly while working in a distributed team or asynchronously

favored

• Familiarity with data or DBT
• Prior experience collaborating with teams, editors, and other writers
• worked asynchronously in a distributed team that was completely remote.
• Possessing prior experience managing or contributing to open-source projects is advantageous.