Technical Writer

Why You’ll Love This Role

The Technical Documentation team operates at the intersection of product development, design, and our customers. Thousands of users leverage our content every day to get the most out of Cribl products and solve IT and security problems that no one else can.

As a key member of this team, we want you to bring your technical experience, love of learning, and insatiable curiosity to help us shape the future of Cribl documentation and in-product guidance in a rapidly changing product development environment. You will build your skills and learn from an amazing group of established writers. You will collaborate with team members from engineering, product management, design, customer support, and our go-to-market teams to create content that supports a diverse user base and helps solve real customer problems. This is an opportunity for you to grow your own career while also building our team culture and influencing the growth of our products!   

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…

• Use a hands-on approach to plan, develop, and maintain user-focused documentation to support a growing product portfolio.
• Collaborate closely with a wide range of cross-functional constituents as well as our user community to create technical content and in-product guidance that meets the needs of our growing audience.
• Build strong community and cross-functional relationships to help expand your knowledge of our products, our users, and the real world problems they face every day.
• Have a growth mindset! Keep up to date on tech writing industry trends and use what you learn to help our team innovate at every level.
• Learn from our team as you improve your writing, technical knowledge, and ability to think through tough problems with a focus on customer outcomes. 
• Bring your positive attitude and sense of humor to help us foster a culture that is collaborative, innovative, and inclusive. 
• We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones – you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours.

If You’ve Got It - We Want It

• 2+ years experience working as a technical writer, UX writer, content developer, or similar role. 
• Excellent English-language written and verbal communication skills. 
• A portfolio that showcases your skills in software documentation aimed at technical audiences.
• Experience working in a fast-paced company serving enterprise users and buyers.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, services, and streaming data.
• Interest in contributing directly to UX text and interaction design (you can help build the products you write about).
• Demonstrated ability to follow a house style guide, edit and self-edit according to it, and expand it where needed.
• Willingness to work and grow in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment.
• Ability to collaborate and publish using Git-based workflows and static site generators (Hugo, Docusaurus, Gatsby, and so on). 
• Skill in using Atlassian tools, Google Workspace/G Suite, and graphics/screenshot annotation tools.
• You are kind. You take your work seriously without being too serious. We like that! (You must also like goats, trust us). 

Salary Range ($100,000 - $120,000)

The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.

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