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Randstad USA

Technical Writer

Randstad USA, New York, New York, United States,


Technical Writer

Location: 929 108th Ave NE. Bellevue, WALength of Contract: 6 months - 1 yearSchedule: 2-3 days a week onsite. 40 hours a weekStart: 1-2 weeks from date of offer*W2 Contract Only**Background Check and Drug Screen Required*

Technical Writer needed on team. This resource needs to be able to manage their own schedule and projects. This is a senior level role with little handholding.

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 dev ops 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 "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.ADDITIONAL DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: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).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 "Docs-as-Code" approach, specifically: