Technical Writer

Technical WriterAbout Adaptiva

Adaptiva, the Autonomous Endpoint Management company, delivers the fastest way to patch and manage endpoints at scale. The company offers OneSite, the first fully adaptive autonomous endpoint management (AEM) platform. IT and cybersecurity leaders use OneSite to gain a hands-free, fully automated approach to speeding the continuous delivery of software, patches, and vulnerability remediations. Hundreds of today’s largest global organizations choose Adaptiva to increase operational efficiency, reduce risk, and maximize patching velocity across millions of endpoints. Learn more at Adaptiva, and follow the company at LinkedIn, Facebook and X.

About this role

We are looking for a confident and dedicated technical writing professional to join us on our adventure. As a Technical Writer, you will analyze, plan, develop, and maintain product documentation for Adaptiva OneSite products. This includes collaboration with other writers and applying content development standards grounded in user-focused research and technical writing experience to bring existing content into compliance with style guidelines. You will work with the Customer Success, Solutions, and Development teams to create knowledgebase articles, script samples, how-to guides, tutorials, and technical reference documentation. You will have the opportunity to work with our Engineers, learn our products inside out, and work closely with our team of Solution Architects.

This is full-time, exempt position, based at our offices in Kirkland, Washington.

Responsibilities Key responsibilities will include

Writing and maintenance of the following:Current and future product documentation, including the PDF and online/HTML versionsSDK documentation, including workflow activity specs, and script samplesSecurity white papersReference architecture guidesOther white paper and big picture guidesWork with Support Engineers to develop and publish knowledgebase (KB) articles.Review and edit current product documentation to improve quality and make updates where necessary.Monitor Adaptiva support tickets to identify areas that need better documentation.

Requirements

We are looking for a proactive, self-starter with the following qualifications:

5+ years of software engineering documentation experience.5+ years of experience creating written technical content for software products.Strong technical experience documenting software and solutions content.Proven ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely.Demonstrated commitment to user-focused documentation.Comfortable working with changing priorities and taking a hands-on approach to learning.

Desired experience

Topic-based writing experience with DITA, XML, CCMS.Familiarity or experience with Markdown, Adobe Acrobat, Zendesk, and ProProfs.Experience with endpoint management tools. How to apply

Send your resume and cover letter in .pdf format to careers@adaptiva.com.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Adaptiva does not accept unsolicited head-hunter and agency resumes.

Adaptiva does not provide visa sponsorship for this position and participates in E-Verify for work authorization.

The annual base salary range for this position is between $80,000 - $105,000. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.