Senior Technical Writer Job at Solutions Resource in Bellevue

Solutions Resource is an IT service provider based in Bellevue, WA. The staffing branch of the company sources IT professionals and connects them with Contract or Full-time opportunities at Organizations (Corporation/Gov Agency) in the state of WA.

Job Description

TOP Skills:
1. Technical documentation skills of API services and endpoints
2. Ability to edit HTML/CSS for optimal readability
3. Experience creating sequence diagrams of data flows across distributed systems.

The Client API team is seeking a technical writer to migrate content between two internal systems as well as to build a documentation library in a new externally-facing developer portal.

Qualifications

• Experience documenting web service API endpoints and designs
• Background or experience applying Information Architecture principles to benefit a software developer audience.
• Ability to edit documents directly as needed using HTML/CSS
• Experience using UML to create architecture and sequence diagrams
• Experience maintaining documentation content using MediaWiki sites, Confluence, and/or Drupal preferred.
• Strong written communication skills, naturally.

Additional Information

Organization: Starbucks
Duration: 2 Months Contract
Location: Seattle, WA

Why is this role open? What need will this worker fill?
Migration to a new API gateway recently necessitated the migration of documentation from the old system to the new one.

What does a typical work day entail? What are the daily tasks/responsibilities/deliverables?
Evaluating documentation gaps, editing and loading documentation into the new system. Creating content structure for documentation.

What are the must/nice to have skills you are looking for in this CW?
This person will not be part of a project team dedicated to this effort, so looking for someone who can work independently against a backlog of tasks.

Interview Process:
Interview: 30 min phone screen, then a 1 hour in-person interview.