Technical Writer – Developer Focused

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Technical Writer creating developer documentation for vector databases in fast-paced startup. Collaborating with engineering and product teams to enhance developer experience.

Posted 6/26/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $7,200 - $8,800 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Plan and write documentation for developers, ML engineers, and technical architects of all experience levels: Technical guides, API and client references, walkthroughs, and sample apps.
Contribute to the information architecture and user experience of the developer portal.
Create a maintenance and iterative improvement cycle for our documentation.
Collaborate closely with engineering and product on new feature documentation.
Collaborate closely with customer success and developer advocates to understand user needs and address them with documentation.
Collect and use qualitative (eg, user research) and quantitative (eg, analytics) data to help improve the documentation content and user experience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience planning, researching, writing, and editing technical documentation for developers in a startup environment.
Experience using and documenting SDKs, APIs, and similar tools.
Proficiency with static site generators, version control, managing docs as code, OpenAPI, and a docs platform such as Redocly or Readme.
Superb writing skills with an obsession for clarity, accuracy, and simplicity.
Curiosity, thoroughness, organization, enthusiasm, and self-direction.
Preferred but not required: Experience with databases, machine learning, or search technologies.
Experience creating diagrams and video tutorials.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Plan and write documentation for developers, ML engineers, and technical architects of all experience levels: Technical guides, API and client references, walkthroughs, and sample apps.
Contribute to the information architecture and user experience of the developer portal.
Create a maintenance and iterative improvement cycle for our documentation.
Collaborate closely with engineering and product on new feature documentation.
Collaborate closely with customer success and developer advocates to understand user needs and address them with documentation.
Collect and use qualitative (eg, user research) and quantitative (eg, analytics) data to help improve the documentation content and user experience. 🎯 Requirements
Experience planning, researching, writing, and editing technical documentation for developers in a startup environment.
Experience using and documenting SDKs, APIs, and similar tools.
Proficiency with static site generators, version control, managing docs as code, OpenAPI, and a docs platform such as Redocly or Readme.
Superb writing skills with an obsession for clarity, accuracy, and simplicity.
Curiosity, thoroughness, organization, enthusiasm, and self-direction.
Preferred but not required: Experience with databases, machine learning, or search technologies.
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Hard Skills & Tools

technical documentationSDKsAPIsstatic site generatorsversion controlOpenAPIRedoclyReadmediagramsvideo tutorials

Soft Skills

writing skillsclarityaccuracysimplicitycuriositythoroughnessorganizationenthusiasmself-direction