Elastic Documentation - Technical Writer 

Canada 

141379789

• Work side-by-side with Elastic engineers, product marketing, support, and your fellow writers to document new features, improve our existing content, help users succeed with Elastic products, and tell a consistent Elastic story.
• Produce how-to guides, user guides, tutorials, and other content for our documentation website and in-product help center.
• Use Elastic's Git-based software development process—being comfortable using Git and GitHub is important.
• Review and edit documentation changes contributed by other Elastic employees and community members.
• Test both the product and its documentation for accuracy and consistency.

• 2+ years in a SaaS, IT, or developer-focused environment—for example, prior experience as a technical writer, support engineer, product manager, or other technical role.
• Technical knowledge and expertise—the best writing stems from a true understanding of the product you're writing about and the problems it solves.
• Curiosity, a willingness to wear a variety of hats, a desire to learn new things, and the drive to roll up your sleeves and tackle sophisticated problems.
• Experience with a lightweight mark-up language such as Markdown, Asciidoc, or Wikitext.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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Elasticsearch develops and distributes technology and information that is subject to U.S. and other country export controls and licensing requirements for individuals who are located in or are nationals of the following sanctioned countries and regions: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”), and the Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”). If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required as a condition of your employment in this role. Please note that national origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility for employment with Elastic

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$68,200—$107,900 CAD