Senior API Technical Writer - Remote

Company: Medable, Inc
Location: Cleveland
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Company Description

Medable's mission is to get effective therapies to patients faster. We provide an end-to-end, cloud-based platform with a flexible suite of tools that allows patients, healthcare providers, clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical sponsors to work together as a team in clinical trials. Our solutions enable more efficient clinical research, more effective healthcare delivery, and more accurate precision and predictive medicine. Our target audiences are patients, providers, principal investigators, and innovators who work in healthcare and life sciences.

Our vision is to accelerate the path to human discovery and medical cures. We are passionate about driving innovation and empowering consumers. We are proactive, collaborative, self-motivated learners, committed, bold and tenacious. We are dedicated to making this world a healthier place.

Job Description

• Align with Product and Engineering leaders to match content with upcoming releases
• Plan, track, and deliver documentation projects
• Outline, draft, ask questions, test, fail quickly, and learn & improve, and iterate
• Independently follow style guidelines and writing standards to develop and deliver how-to, SDK, and API reference docs for developers
• Understand minimalist writing and have a tight writing style
• Self-edit and maintain high standards for your content, while welcoming input, corrections, and suggestions from both your peers and the editing team
• Create diagrams and other engaging content to help best explain concepts and workflows
• Use HTTP clients like Postman to research and test API queries
• Craft and maintain sample/example code in Java, Javascript, Objective C, JSON, NodeJS, and others
• Develop relationships across the organization, including Engineering, Product, CS, QE/QA, and Training, among others
• Other duties as assigned
  Qualifications
  
  • 5+ years creating excellent content for a developer audience, including API and SDK reference topics, developer guides, tutorials, and other content (work and school years can be combined to help you meet that 5-year threshold, if applicable
  • REST and Java APIs, Git, Agile environments, Confluence, and developer workflow tools such as Jira
  • Authoring using one or all: XML/DITA, Markdown, minimalism, CCMS, or Salesforce Knowledge
  • OpenAPI/SwaggerUI
  • DBs and related technologies such as Postgres, MySQL, or MongoDB
    Additional Information
    
    • Ability to create basic code examples in one or more current programming/scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, and Objective C, working alongside engineering teams
    • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing startup-style environment, working both on a team and independently
    • Proven ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment
    • Proven track record of delivering high-quality documentation on deadline
      Education, Certifications, Licenses :
      
      Bachelor's or Master's degree in English, Technical Writing, Computer Science, or Information Systems, or related field
      
      Travel Requirements :
      
      As required
      
      U.S. employees and contractors, and International workers with travel to the U.S. must have a willingness and ability to provide proof of completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to start date. All religious, medical, or other legally recognized exemptions regarding vaccination status will be considered.
      
      Medable, Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
      
      U.S. employees and contractors, and International workers with travel to the U.S. must have a willingness and ability to provide proof of completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to start date. All religious, medical, or other legally recognized exemptions regarding vaccination status will be considered.
      

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