Technical Writer

Technical Writer Description :

Join the Contingent Team and be part of shaping the future of data! This role presents an exciting opportunity to support a leading data company as a Temporary Worker as they continue to scale and accelerate their growth.

You'll get the opportunity to apply your expertise as a Temporary Worker and be an essential contributor to our team, working in an environment that values innovation and fosters meaningful contributions from all collaborators.

The company is expanding rapidly, and we're seeking individuals who are eager to join our growing team. We value our culture, customers, and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

We’re looking for candidates who are ready to contribute to our vision of reinventing data warehousing with our innovative, cost-effective cloud solutions.

Join us to be part of the leading Data Cloud, enhancing our offerings from data pipelines to AI / ML capabilities.

Technical writers work with a world-class team of engineers and architects to create product documentation for the industry-leading Data Cloud.

Working in a fast-paced and challenging environment, you will experience the immediate and direct impact of your contributions as the company delivers weekly releases to our rapidly growing base of global customers.

Note : 2-3 days in office is mandatory.

Responsibilities :

• Create online guides, reference docs, and tutorials for technical audiences (SQL engineers, application developers, etc).
• Engage directly with product managers, software engineers, and UI designers to ensure all features, enhancements, and changes are fully documented.
• Work with release engineers and DevOps to deliver weekly product updates and documentation.

Required Skills / Experience :

• 7+ years creating technical product documentation from scratch, as well as from specs.
• Strong familiarity with data ingestion / pipelines (ELT, streaming, etc.), storage (Iceberg, Data Lake, etc.), and transformation.
• Strong SQL and RDBMS skills (Oracle, Teradata, Redshift, SQL Server, etc); comfortable working with sample code.
• Strong familiarity with the "Docs-as-Code" approach, specifically :
• Source code control using GIT for branching, content review, and merging, etc.
• Documentation languages such as RST, Markdown, etc. Preferably RST.
• Exposure to using and documenting one or more of the following areas :
• E-commerce products.
• Data and application marketplaces, including producers / providers, consumers, and marketplace listings.
• User interfaces (UI) and command line interfaces (CLI) technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of the content development lifecycle, including :
• Identifying and understanding the information needs of the audience.
• Gathering information, interviewing SMEs, and conducting research.
• Authoring, publishing, and managing online / web content.

Familiarity with :

• Security, access control, identity and access management (IAM), and data privacy / governance (OAuth, RBAC, SCIM, encryption, etc).
• Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, etc).
• Programming languages / APIs (Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C# / .NET, etc).
• Big Data analytics, machine learning, and statistics (Spark, Scala, R, etc).
• CI / CD methodologies and technologies (Jenkins, Lambda, etc).

Compensation :

Up to $70 / hr W2 / Non Exempt

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