Technical Author - Ubuntu and Canonical products

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Ich möchte mich bei Ihrem Unternehmen als Technical Author - Ubuntu and Canonical products bewerben. 
Ich bin ein Fullstack-Entwickler, bei dem ich meine 10-jährige Erfahrung mit verschiedenen Technologien einsetzen kann.

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Endre Farkas Kiss "Sodika"
Java and PHP Fullstack Developer, Nudist, Vlogger

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As a technical author, you'll be part of an engineering team, focused on a specific Canonical product.

You will lead the team effort to create, maintain and improve documentation that serves the needs of the product's users, embracing the principles of the Diátaxis documentation framework. You will have a broad impact on - and responsibility for - the quality of the user experience with the product, and will contribute towards the long-term success of the project itself.

As the technical author on the team, you will collaborate with software developers, product managers, community members, other documentation authors, information architects, quality assurance engineers and technical support engineers to develop clear documentation for complex technical topics.

You will have an important role in a company-wide effort to establish excellence in documentation, across all aspects of its practice.

What you'll do
Create, maintain and improve tutorials, how-to guides, reference guides and explanatory material
Address the needs of users including developers, system administrators and end-users
Use and explore the product in depth, to help discover where the documentation needs to be improved
Review, road-test and improve practical guides
Update reference and explanation material in collaboration with colleagues
Improve and correct documentation based on feedback from users and technical support
Read design documents and specifications
Build, install, and use pre-release software to assist in generating proper instructions
Standardise the structure, presentation, style and language of content across products
Actively improve documentation, through attention to practice, process, tools and users' needs
Contribute towards the development of documentation as a professional discipline at Canonical
Our best candidate
Is a technical author who's comfortable working with, reading and writing code, or a programmer/developer with a record of producing excellent documentation
Has software development experience in Python, JavaScript or other suitable languages
Is familiar with application deployment, system operations, and infrastructure management
Is qualified with a BS/BA or equivalent in Technical Communication, English, or Computer Science
Is experienced working in a technical writing position
Has excellent written and verbal communication skills
Has the ability to assimilate technical information rapidly from a variety of sources
Has the character and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment
Is familiar with command line UNIX/Linux
Is effective working in a distributed team
Is confident using Ubuntu Desktop for all of the above
Is familiar with Git or other version control systems
Has knowledge of HTML and Markdown
Is able to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events

Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.

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