Senior Technical Writer- Bangalore, India
You will report to our Manager, Documentation.
As a Senior Technical Writer, you will create product documentation, videos, and tutorials. You will work with software engineers, UX designers, product managers, and other doc team members to create great user-facing content.
Technology You'll Use
DITA, XML, style sheets, XSLT transformations
Your Role Responsibilities? Here's What You'll Do
- Write technical content that describes product functionality
- Compile and test online help
- Create project plans, maintain schedules for specific projects, and communicate documentation status to documentation manager or lead
- Develop tutorials to improve first user experience
- Work with partners to deliver meaningful error messages, useful UI strings, and develop clear terminology
- Contribute how-to articles, knowledge base articles, videos, walkthroughs, and other useful content
- Contribute to documentation team processes
- Edit own content for completeness, style, and accuracy to ensure it reflects Informatica's commitment to quality
- Collaborate on projects with other technical writers
Role Essentials
- BA/MA/BS or equivalent (engineering, technical communications, humanities, social sciences)
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience
- Excellent leadership and project management skills
- Able to quickly learn technical information
- Able to meet deadlines and help others meet them
- Able to multitask, prioritize, and follow schedules
- Able to follow documentation processes and style
- Able to understand customer requirements and incorporate them into the documentation
- Attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, and owns and acts on quality problems
What We'd Like to See
- Knowledge of data management, big data, relational and/or No SQL database, and cloud concepts.
- Experience with DITA, Oxygen XML, content management systems, source control systems, Jira, and Confluence.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, video software, e-learning software, and/or Pendo.
Perks & Benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, and wellness benefits (Paid parental leave, adoption benefits, life insurance, disability insurance and 401k plan or international pension/retirement plans
- Flexible time-off policy and hybrid working practices
- Equity opportunities and an employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- Comprehensive Mental Health and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefit