Senior Technical Writer
Core
Creating and maintaining highly technical documentation for a distributed data platform (Starburst) to enable secure, governed access to enterprise data for AI and analytics.
Role type
Senior Technical Writer (Data Infrastructure)
Builds
Developer-facing documentation for configuration, deployment, integration, and query reference for the Starburst platform.
Domain
Data Infrastructure / Cloud / SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Technical writing for complex data platforms, content architecture, docs-as-code workflows (Git/GitHub, Markdown, static site generators), stakeholder management, AI-assisted content evaluation, structured content approach.
Preferred skills
LLM-mediated search optimization, RAG-friendly chunking, MCP, AI-search visibility, basic scripting/automation (Python, JavaScript).
Technologies
Trino, Apache Iceberg, Git, GitHub, Markdown, Python, JavaScript, LLMs.
Responsibilities
Own planning, writing, and continuous improvement of technical documentation; partner with engineers and PMs to extract technical detail; lead documentation for major platform initiatives; evaluate content for AI consumability; contribute to documentation standards and style guidelines; advocate for documentation requirements in product development.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC