Lead Technical Writer
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Own the engineering blog end to end, from sitting with engineers to understand shipped features to publishing posts that do them justice. Turn founders' and engineers' ideas into polished blog posts, technical deep dives, launch write-ups, and social content written in their voice. Make it effortless for the team to get ideas out by refining rough drafts into better content, then help post strategically across socials to amplify work worth highlighting. Embed with the engineering team to proactively hunt down stories worth telling rather than waiting for a calendar, working directly with product and design to ensure technical accuracy. Thrive in a small team with high autonomy, writing clearly for engineers without fluff.
Required Qualifications
- Genuinely understands technical work, enough to write about systems, tradeoffs, and architecture without hand-waving or getting it wrong
- A background in engineering, CS, or serious technical writing
- Writes clearly and with a point of view, and can translate an engineer's rough ideas into sharp, publishable writing without losing their voice
- Knows how to write for engineers, not at them, no fluff, just clear writing that respects the reader's intelligence
- Thrives working independently in a small team that ships fast, you go find the stories rather than waiting for a content calendar
Desired Qualifications
- Bonus: has written technical content that engineers actually shared, whether a blog, docs, a newsletter, or their own posts
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