Technical Writer, Google Assistant

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 7 years of experience in technical writing, product documentation, or online publishing.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience researching and writing excellent documentation for developers (e.g., APIs, Software Development Kits, web technologies).
• Experience in understanding complex technical/functional information and translating them into documentation to assist the developer team.
• Ability to manage fast-paced and changing environments.
• Ability to use quality control, attention to details, cross functional collaboration, and problem solving skills.
• Interest in learning and documenting new technologies.

About the job

Technical writers plan, create, and maintain educational content as an integral part of the engineering or user experience. The content is often in the form of documentation, but may also be UI text, sample code, videos, or other educational material. Regardless of the content medium, technical writers are distinguished by their abilities to explain complex topics in a way that’s useful to their audience.

As a Technical Writer, you will be responsible for working with Google Assistant Infrastructure engineering, technical program management, and product management team members to lead and develop documentation for technical features and processes. You'll also provide review and support for content developed by engineering stakeholders and manage internal bug reports. You'll have opportunities to collaborate with other technical writers within Google Assistant and across Google.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead Assistant Infrastructure documentation efforts and gain exposure to a broad range of teams and technologies.Our mission is to enable Google Assistant developers to understand, develop, integrate, test, and launch Google Assistant features on devices to create a seamless interaction experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, create, and maintain technical documentation for internal or external engineering audiences for Google Assistant.
• Edit, clarify, and proofread documents written by others and coach non-writers on ways to improve their writing skills.
• Manage complex documentation projects.

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