New job Junior Technical Writer in Utah
Junior Technical Writer
Company : Goldman Sachs
Salary : Details not provided
Location : Utah
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Within Core Engineering, the Developer Relations team develops tools and processes for sharing technical information. Working with teams from across Engineering, we oversee development of an internal-facing solutions and documentation platform. As curators, we ensure that products are discoverable and well-understood, that high-quality developer documentation and training materials are available, and that shared practices are communicated effectively.
We are growing our Documentation team to support the firm’s engineers and end users. In this role, you will work with geographically distributed product teams to ensure their documentation meets the needs of the target audience through consultation, information design, and curation. You will advocate best practices and guide teams as they create and maintain their product documentation as we transform the firm’s documentation strategy by following a docs-as-code model.
To be successful, you will have a clear understanding of the challenges developers face and how documentation can help resolve them.
Responsibilities
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ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS:
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2021. All rights reserved.
What We Do
At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.
Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.
Who We Look For
Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS:At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.
Engineering, which is comprised of our Technology Division and global strategists groups, is at the critical center of our business, and our dynamic environment requires innovative strategic thinking and immediate, real solutions. Want to push the limit of digital possibilities? Start here.
Who We Look For
Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.
Details of This Role
Core Engineering provides desktop, mobile and developer environments; shared infrastructure; quality and reliability frameworks; data architectures; and technology risk services for Goldman Sachs and its 10,000+ engineers.
Within Core Engineering, the Developer Relations team develops tools and processes for sharing technical information. Working with teams from across Engineering, we oversee development of an internal-facing solutions and documentation platform. As curators, we ensure that products are discoverable and well-understood, that high-quality developer documentation and training materials are available, and that shared practices are communicated effectively.
We are growing our Documentation team to support the firm’s engineers and end users. In this role, you will work with geographically distributed product teams to ensure their documentation meets the needs of the target audience through consultation, information design, and curation. You will advocate best practices and guide teams as they create and maintain their product documentation as we transform the firm’s documentation strategy by following a docs-as-code model.
To be successful, you will have a clear understanding of the challenges developers face and how documentation can help resolve them.
Responsibilities
- Continuously improve the firm’s technical documentation in collaboration with engineers, product managers, developer advocates, and other technical writers.
- Contribute to the improvement of the team’s style and process as we scale to support a growing product base.
- Act as a technical communications advocate and coach engineers and product managers.
- Develop documentation strategies and roadmaps; partner with engineers and product managers to author technical communications, including high-level overviews, references, examples, tutorials, and more.
- Stay abreast of developments in key products and practices and ensure enhancements are reflected in relevant materials.
- Help shape the development of documentation tools and their integration into the software development environment.
Requirements
- Excellent written and oral communication abilities.
- 2+ years’ experience with technical writing, with a focus on developer documentation.
- Experience with Git, HTML/CSS.
- Familiarity with managing docs as code and working with static site generators.
- Passion for assisting developers with documenting their product, from both a written and technical perspective.
- Positive team attitude and a willingness to get hands-on to resolve problems from both a tooling and perspective.
- Ability to deliver against tight deadlines and handle multiple, competing demands.
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS:
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.
© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2021. All rights reserved.
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