Senior Technical Writer
Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink®
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Spain
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About the role
- Document APIs, client libraries, CLIs, and system architecture to support enterprise deployments.
- Translate complex distributed systems and streaming concepts into practical, reproducible guidance.
- Create developer enablement content, including tutorials, quickstarts, integration and migration guides, and troubleshooting playbooks.
- Clarify what is technically feasible, explaining the reasoning behind design, architectural, and operational choices.
- Prevent implementation and operational mistakes caused by oversimplification or incomplete guidance.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to capture accurate, timely information.
- Maintain consistent information architecture, style, and standards across all technical content.
- Leverage insights from customer-facing teams to continuously improve the clarity, accuracy, and usefulness of documentation.
- Contribute to technical training and enablement materials, including Ververica Academy content when appropriate.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a technical writer, documentation engineer, or similar role focused on developer-facing content.
- Proven ability to produce comprehensive, maintainable API documentation for REST and gRPC services, developer libraries, and other programmatic interfaces, including versioned references.
- Strong understanding of software development concepts, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience creating developer enablement content, including tutorials, integration guides, troubleshooting playbooks, and conceptual overviews.
- Excellent written communication in clear, idiomatic American English for a global technical audience.
- Strong collaboration skills with engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to capture accurate, actionable content.
- Expert-level proficiency with modern documentation tooling, version control, and content management workflows.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Apache Flink® or other stream-processing technologies.
- Hands-on knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, and DevOps workflows.
- Background in software engineering, computer science, or equivalent technical expertise.
- Experience working in open-source communities and contributing to documentation or code.
- Proven experience with structured authoring and code-centric documentation tools such as Markdown, GitHub, Docusaurus, or similar frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical, reproducible guidance for developers and operators.
Benefits
- At Ververica, you'll be part of a dynamic and innovative team at the forefront of real-time data processing technology. We offer a creative and collaborative work environment where your ideas and contributions will shape the future of our brand and its presence in the industry. If you're passionate about streaming data, customer success and want to make a significant impact at a leading tech company, we'd love to hear from you.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
API documentationREST servicesgRPC servicesdeveloper librariescloud-native architecturesstream-processing technologiesKubernetesDevOps workflowsstructured authoringMarkdown
Soft Skills
written communicationcollaborationclarityaccuracytechnical guidanceproblem-solvingcontent improvementtraining developmentinformation architecturestandards maintenance