Graduate Technical Content Developer

Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels) Join to apply for the Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels) role at Canonical Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels) Join to apply for the Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels) role at Canonical This is your chance to be a part of that, as a Technical Author at Canonical . We have dozens of positions available , for products and teams across the organisation, at all levels from Graduate to Senior Staff. The role of a Technical Author A Technical Author leads the documentation efforts of an engineering team, typically focused on a product or family of products. You will have a broad impact on - and responsibility for - the quality of the user experience with the product, and will contribute towards the long-term success of the project itself. These are not traditional technical writer roles. As a Technical Author, you will participate in development of product strategy. You will have input into product design and user experience. Even the most junior Technical Authors will have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate technical authority. As well as your role in an engineering team, you will also be a part of Canonical's documentation practice team, that includes all the company's Technical Authors. Here, you'll be amongst other documentation experts, who collaborate to define documentation excellence and drive the development of documentation practice and theory, across the company and in the open-source software community. These are fully remote roles, open to candidates across the globe. Create, maintain and improve software documentation Help standardise the structure, presentation, style and language of content across products Is a technical writer with a programmer's mindset, or a programmer with a record of producing excellent documentation Has a record of community engagement, in open-source software, documentation, research or other disciplines Is sympathetic to the needs and challenges of open-source software and its communities Demonstrates technical curiosity, and is fascinated by software technology and its challenges Has experience of software development contexts; Linux, working on the command line, application deployment, system operations, and infrastructure management, Git, documentation markup languages Is able to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events User-experience, interaction or visual design We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year Annual holiday leave Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Seniority level Entry level Employment type Full-time Job function Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing Industries Software Development Get notified about new Technical Author jobs in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain . Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels) Sevilla La Nueva, Community of Madrid, Spain 8 months ago