Technical Writer, Aws Knowledge Services, Aws Support
4 weeks ago
3+ years of experience as a technical writer or editor of technical documentation.
- 3+ years of experience delivering content publication plans or managing multiple projects.
- 2+ years of experience using HTML for web content.
- Experience using data analytics to measure content performance and identify actionable insights.
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small
Amazon Web Services has an opening for a Technical Writer located in Seattle, WA who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and has a content and technical writing background. As a Technical Writer, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining high-quality knowledge base content for technical and non-technical audiences.
Key job responsibilities
**The primary responsibilities for a Technical Writer include**:
- Collaborate with AWS Support Engineers to optimize and maintain internal and external content for usability and accessibility, while maintaining a high bar for quality.
- Triage internal and external customer feedback on knowledge base articles and take action to prioritize feedback.
- Work with AWS Support authors to create and edit knowledge base content describing AWS Services and troubleshooting processes.
- Work directly with development teams, AWS Support stakeholders, and other Technical Writers to produce world-class knowledge base articles.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external global stakeholders to conceptualize and develop content that strengthens the AWS brand.
- React to escalating customer pain questions and quickly turn around content to help address emerging customer issues.
- Use writing expertise and extraordinary attention to detail to evaluate, uphold, implement, and evangelize content standards that reflect the voice of AWS.
About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
- Possess a strong desire to learn new technologies, the curiosity to figure out how things work, and a passion for improving the customer experience.
- Experience working on technical content for developers, DevOps professionals, and end users.
- Experience working with technical customer service organizations.
- Experience in project management.
- Familiarity with AWS services.
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