3h ago
Senior Technical Writer, Developer Experience
London, England, United Kingdom | New York, New York, United States | San Francisco, California, United States | Seattle, Washington, United States
$150k-$250k / year
full-timeseniorai-ml
🛠 Tech Stack
💼 About This Role
You'll own the docs product end-to-end, treating documentation as a critical driver of activation and retention. You'll shape the getting-started experience for developers using Lightning Studios and Lightning Deploy, optimizing for time-to-first-success. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and marketing, with a focus on developer experience and PLG motion.
🎯 What You'll Do
- Audit existing docs, cut what doesn't serve developers, and build a roadmap
- Own information architecture and coverage across UI, SDK, and CLI platforms
- Optimize the getting-started flow to minimize time-to-first-success
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to extract and shape content
📋 Requirements
- 5+ years of technical writing experience treating docs as a product
- Demonstrated experience owning developer documentation end-to-end (SDK, CLI, API)
- Comfortable reading code to understand and explain it accurately
- Proficiency with modern docs tooling (Mintlify, Docusaurus, ReadMe, or similar)
✨ Nice to Have
- Experience at a developer-led or PLG company where docs drove growth
- Familiarity with ML/AI tooling, inference platforms, or developer infrastructure
- Experience building or selecting docs tooling
- Background in technical blogging or developer education
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- 🏖️ Unlimited PTO plus paid holidays
- 💰 Equity component in total rewards package
- 🩺 Comprehensive medical, dental, vision (U.S.) / private medical & dental (U.K.)
- 🏠 Flexible work environment and work-from-home stipends
- 👶 Paid parental leave and professional development support
📨 Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate
- 1Recruiter phone screen· 30 min
- 2Hiring manager interview· 45 min
- 3Technical writing assessment· 1 week
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