Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels)
About the role
Canonical is hiring multiple Technical Authors at various seniority levels to join teams across the organization. As a Technical Author, you will lead documentation efforts within engineering, business operations, or other company areas, focusing on creating, maintaining, and improving software and other documentation. The role involves collaborating with team members, influencing product development, engaging with user communities, and standardizing documentation practices. Candidates should have strong communication and collaboration skills, technical curiosity, and experience in software development contexts. The company offers a distributed, fully remote work environment, annual compensation reviews, and a range of benefits. Applications are handled through a single entry-point, and candidates can indicate their preferred focus and seniority level.
Must have
- Is an excellent collaborator and communicator
- Cares deeply about functional written communication
- 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 demonstrable documentation skills, insight and enthusiasm
- Has experience of software development contexts
- Is familiar with: Linux, working on the command line, Git, Sphinx, reStructuredText
- Holds a BSc/BA degree or equivalent
- Is able to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events
Nice to have
- Deep technical domain knowledge
- Open-source community leadership and management
- User-experience, interaction or visual design
Technologies
- Git
- Linux
- Ubuntu
Highlights
These are fully remote roles open to candidates worldwide. The company offers a personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, and opportunities for travel to team events. Twice-yearly in-person team sprints are part of the distributed work environment. Candidates must be able to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events.
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