LaunchDarkly - Senior Technical Writer

• You must have very strong writing and editing skills. • You must have 5+ years of technical writing experience and/or a degree in a tech field or related industry. Don’t panic about this part–your experience is more important than any specific job title or degree you’ve held. • You must have a strong technical background, possibly as a software developer. • You’re excellent at distilling technical and UX requirements into documentation plans and deliverables. You do not need an outline handed to you–you can take your notes from a team meeting and act on them on your own. • You’re great at owning the docs for a product or feature from kickoff to publication. • You’re a strong communicator who’s able to balance multiple priorities and speak proactively if you need more of something or less of something else. • You’re equally strong working on your own or in a friendly, collaborative team. • You must be comfortable working with Markdown and/or HTML, Git, GitHub, common CI/CD tools, and workflows based in version control tools. • Familiarity with AI-based code and content management tools, like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code is a plus. • Proficiency in any programming language is a plus. • Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 4: • Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $136,500 - $187,660** • Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $122,800 - $168,850** • Zone 3: All other US locations - $116,000 - $159,500** • LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. • Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary. • Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations. • The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by: • Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages • Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts • Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize • Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types • Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability