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Principal Technical Writer (Big Data products )

Location: Redwood City, CA, USA

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Job Number: 25844

Position Title: Principal Technical Writer

External Description:

PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL WRITER  (Big Data products )

Our Company

Everything Informatica does begins and ends with data. Simply stated, we make great data – data that is connected, clean and safe -- ready to use so that all enterprises can be data ready and put their unique information potential to work. A data ready enterprise is decision-ready, customer-ready, application-ready, cloud-ready and regulation-ready. And by design, our Intelligent Data Platform delivers great data to enable our customers to be ready for anything.

Your Opportunity

You are an energetic Senior Technical Writer who enjoys creating online help, how to articles, videos, and tutorials that exceed customer expectations. You can work effectively in a fast-paced team environment focused on developing content for new features and updating existing content. You will be an influential member of the team and look for opportunities to excel and collaborate within the team and cross functionally.

Our Team

You will be a key member of the team responsible for delivering help documentation and other forms of content that help our customers succeed. You will work closely with other technical writers, software engineers, and product managers across geographies to create user-facing content. You will focus on documentation for our industry leading big data products.

Our Ideal Candidate

You are a passionate, dynamic, and talented technical writer who has outstanding written and verbal communication skills. You have excellent analytical abilities and strong technical skills. You are a self-starter and can be a high impact member of the documentation team and cross-functional teams. You are comfortable with ambiguity and can learn new products quickly. You deliver all content on schedule and with a high degree of quality. You put strong emphasis on performing content reviews and self-edits. You have a reputation for creating accurate, concise, usable, highly-polished content and collaborating with key constituents on planning and execution as appropriate. 

Your Responsibilities

You will:

  • Write easy-to-read and easy-to-find use case-based documentation
  • Write how to and knowledge base articles to support internal and external customers
  • Write about highly technical concepts
  • Compile and test online help
  • Create project plans, maintain schedules for specific projects, and communicate documentation status to documentation manager or lead
  • Work with the user experience team to deliver meaningful error messages
  • Contribute to documentation team processes
  • Edit documentation for completeness, style, and accuracy to ensure it reflects Informatica's commitment to quality

Your Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience as a software technical writer
  • BA/MA/BS/MS (engineering, technical communications, humanities, social sciences)
  • Knowledge of data management concepts
  • Experience with databases, SQL, XML, application servers, ERP, CRM, and data warehousing
  • Excellent analytical and written communication skills
  • Excellent leadership and project management skills
  • Ability to quickly learn technical information
  • Ability to meet deadlines and help others meet them
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize, and develop schedules
  • Helps develop and fine-tune documentation processes
  • Understands the customer requirements and incorporates them into the documentation
  • Attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, and owns and acts on quality problems

Desired Skills

  • Knowledge of big data technologies
  • Experience with DITA and XMetaL
  • Experience with video and e-learning software
  • Experience with help systems
  • Experience with project or people leadership
  • Experience with content management systems
  • Experience with Agile development cycles
  • Knowledge of DITA specializations, style sheets, XSLT transformations

 

Informatica offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary, medical/dental, 401(k), flexible time off and more. Our generous benefits vary depending on your geographic work location. It’s an exciting time to work at Informatica.  You can learn more about our company, our products and our services at www.informatica.com.  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

 

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City: Redwood City

State: California

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level

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At Informatica we know diversity drives innovation. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to maintaining a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law and Informatica policy.

Travel Requirement: Limited

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