Technical Author multiple roles and seniority levels
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Remote
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Job Description
A Technical Author at Canonical is responsible for creating, maintaining, and improving technical documentation across various teams and products, collaborating with colleagues and engaging with user communities to ensure high-quality, user-focused content that enhances the product experience and supports organizational goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Create, maintain, and improve software and internal documentation
- Collaborate with team members to produce effective documentation contributions
- Influence product development and design through expert documentation and user feedback
- Engage with user communities to ensure documentation meets their needs and encourage community contributions
- Standardize content structure, presentation, style, and language across products
- Advance documentation best practices and contribute to the development of documentation discipline
Requirements
- Demonstrable documentation skills, insight, and enthusiasm for technical writing.
- Experience of software development contexts.
- Familiarity with Linux, working on the command line, Git, and documentation markup languages such as reStructuredText and MyST.
- Hold a BSc, BA degree or equivalent.
- Ability to travel twice a year for up to two weeks for events.
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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