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You will work with a globally distributed team across time zones in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. To succeed in this environment, you will be a highly collaborative worker and an enthusiastic communicator. You will actively participate in software development by attending daily or weekly sync meetings, uncover features for documentation, report on documentation status for release features, and meet release deadlines for your areas of responsibility. You will also help your fellow colleagues do the same by providing reviews, feedback, and edits on their writing. You will research new technologies, both externally at an industry level, and internally at the product level. In your research, you will interface with engineers and other subject matter experts directly to understand the features you're documenting. You will then use those features yourself on the same production software and systems as your users. Key Responsibilities: Work with technical teams to research, write, edit, and maintain software documentation and release notes. Work with a globally distributed team. Attend daily or weekly meetings and syncs. Follow a style guide to write consistently and appropriately. Review colleagues writing. WHAT you'll NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE... 8+ years of experience in technical writing for software Must have demonstrated experience writing software documentation in a docs-as-code approach Exemplary writing and editing skills with an emphasis on writing for a global audience of developers Hands on experience with Linux command-line applications, Git, HTML, CSS, JS Preferred requirements Experience with containerization: kubernetes, Docker Experience with cloud services, virtualization, networking Experience in "Storage Virtualization" and knowledge of storage technologies such as Block devices, NFS, File System, Object Storage Familiarity with agile development methodologies and comfortable working in sprints Markup languages: Markdown, ASCIIdoc May not be a hard-core programmer, but can write basic code samples. Also willing to dig into the code to better understand what s going on or to tweak samples to make them valid in a doc context. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US: Pure Innovation : We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers. Pure Growth : We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortunes Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area , Fortunes Best Workplaces for Millennials and certified as a Great Place to Work ! Pure Team : We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good
