Senior Technical Writer

Description

The Position: Senior Technical Writer

Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating

energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with

over 100 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities and independent power

producers, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight

delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving

satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon

reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by

not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our

customers, environment, employees, and community.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Writer with a Bachelor’s Degree (any discipline)

and at least eight years of relevant experience to join our team and help us achieve our

ambitious goals for our business and the planet.

What you get to do: (Spirit of the job aka description)

● Design, develop, and maintain user documentation and API reference for

enterprise-scale SaaS products with minimal supervision

● Gain product understanding by collaborating with globally distributed subject

matter experts and rigorously using product features and APIs firsthand

● Research and analyze the target audience and perform extensive tests on the

content

● Interact with cross-functional teams to address gaps in documentation

● Create video tutorials and feature demo

● Follow and implement industry standards, practices, and trends

What you will contribute: (Impact you will have at Uplight)

● Accelerate user engagement of the Uplight product documentation

● Build a world-class help system for Uplight’s suite of products

● Participate in developing and executing the user assistance strategy

● Lead the implementation of industry-standard technical writing practices

● Practice user advocacy in daily development activities

What you bring to Uplight: (Experience)

● At least 8+ years of technical writing experience in the enterprise software space

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

● Strong understanding of topic-based authoring and audience analysis

● Experience in collaborating with geographically distributed teams

● Experience in using commercial or open source authoring and version control

systems

● Experience in using a commercial or open source image editing tool

● Good understanding of agile development methodologies

● Passion for technology and empathy for users

● Willingness and ability to work with an international team, delivering technical

writing for a global audience. This will require working with North American

product and engineering colleagues on a daily basis, with some working hour

crossover.

Bonus points:Good to Haves

● Understanding of the docs-as-code publishing workflow

● Understanding of DITA

● Experience in the following domains:

o Electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution

o Industrial automation

o Data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence

o Software-as-a-service

o DevOps

● Experience in creating API and SDK documentation

● Experience in scripting and programming (any language)

● Experience in writing in-app instructions

● Program management skills

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized

genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every

single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and

authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience

doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you

to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What makes working at Uplight amazing:

In addition to all the standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in Day 1, we are:

● Proud to be over 500+ purpose-driven individuals helping to create a more

sustainable planet.

● Committed to the environment, our employees, and our communities.

● Focused on providing cross-functional work, collaboration, and development.

● Committed to taking our work and mission seriously and….we love to laugh!

We also provide:

● Peer to peer recognition program

● Management by objectives bonus plan

● Innovative flexible time off policy

● Exceptionally collaborative and cool office spaces

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and

prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including

hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national

origin, disability status, neurodivergence, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual

orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by

federal, state or local laws.

Keywords

Technical WriterDocumentationSaaS productsUser assistanceAgile developmentAPI documentationSDK documentationProgram management