Thursday, 13 February 2014

Technical Writer - Operations Engineering #NFX00960 | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA

 Technical Writer - Operations Engineering #NFX00960 | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA

 

 

Technical Writer - Operations Engineering

Cloud and Platform Engineering

Netflix is the world's leading streaming video service, and our growth is accelerating. At Netflix, we are building new cloud management tools, pushing the limits of cloud-based technologies, and powering our explosive growth while improving the availability and reliability of our services. As a Technical Writer, you will lead our efforts to drive tools and best practices adoption by providing top notch documentation for our products and services. While the majority of our audience is internal, there are many projects with external impact such as Netflix OSS http://netflix.github.io.

In this role, you will create and maintain clear, concise documentation for Netflix’s internal tools and open source projects. This may include elements like source code examples, user's guides, and embedded help. You will need to have a strong computer science and technical writing background to effectively execute project demands. The team needs someone who can be a self-starter and interact with service developers to get the right information to document. As the owner of the technical content space, you will define and execute content strategy, create the content and manage the content lifecycle.

Responsibilities include:
- Define and execute content plans for each of those
- Own and maintain existing documentation
- Develop language style guides and formats for various content types
- Develop metrics to measure content performance 
- Work with UX/UI designers to develop in-line help
- Support architects and engineers with developing architectural diagrams

You have these skills:
- 5+ years of technical writing experience - documentation for APIs, SDKs, components, and tools
- 3+ years of programming experience (Java, Python, Ruby, C++)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Comfortable with deploying and monitoring services
- General understanding of distributed, cloud based systems
- Proficient with HTML, CSS, Wiki formats, Google Docs
 
 



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