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Technical Writer

JobtailorSydney, New South Wales🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 30 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

  • Developing, maintaining, and continuously improving the quality of technical documentation
  • Collaborating with Engineering, Product, Support, and Customer Success teams to identify documentation needs
  • Closing knowledge gaps and championing knowledge management practices
  • Identifying and prioritising documentation gaps based on user needs
  • Selecting and recommending documentation tools, content management systems, and publishing methods
  • Establishing quality assurance processes
  • Deciding what to include or exclude in documentation
  • Setting review and update cadences to keep documentation relevant
  • Structuring content architecture for ease of navigation and maintainability
Requirements
  • Proven experience in a technical writing or digital documentation role
  • Some programming or technical background
  • Strong team orientation
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
  • Proven ability to independently research complex technical topics
  • High-quality, audience-appropriate content production
  • Proactive approach to identifying gaps in documentation
  • Ability to work comfortably with technical (engineering, QA) and non-technical (sales, operations, customers) audiences
  • Familiarity with documentation and collaboration tools such as Confluence, Git, Markdown, or XML-based editors
  • Agile mindset - comfortable adapting to shifting priorities
  • Excellent written and spoken English with meticulous attention to detail
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in technical writing and documentation management, with a strong focus on quality assurance and user-centered content production. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify documentation needs and implement effective knowledge management practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Technical Writing Experience
  • Documentation Tools Proficiency
  • Content Management Systems Knowledge
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Agile Mindset
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
  • Technical Writing
  • Content Production
  • Research Skills
  • Quality Assurance Processes
  • Documentation Gap Analysis
Soft Skills
  • Team Orientation
  • Collaboration
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Proactive Problem Solving
  • Attention to Detail
Industry Keywords
  • Knowledge Management
  • User Needs Analysis
  • Content Architecture
  • Documentation Standards
Tools & Technologies
  • Confluence
  • Git
  • Markdown
  • XML-based Editors

Skills

Agile
Confluence
Customer Success
Git
Stakeholder Management

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