Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role:
We are seeking 3 technically savvy writers to support our engineering teams within our Platform, Security and Observability products. As a writer at Elastic, you'll be embedded within engineering and you'll help shape the evolution of our products and services. We care deeply about giving you ownership of what you’re working on. We believe Elastic achieves greatness when you are free to pursue your ideas and are surrounded and challenged by your peers. You are empowered to comment on anything, regardless of your role!
Does this sound like your kind of opportunity? Check out our docs and install and tinker with our products! Tell us why you're interested and what you can bring to the role. Upload any writing samples you have, or provide links to your portfolio, GitHub contributions, or other publicly-available content with your application.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Work side-by-side with Elastic engineers, product marketing, support, and your fellow writers to document new features, improve our existing content, help users succeed with Elastic products, and tell a consistent Elastic story.
- Produce how-to guides, user guides, tutorials, and other content for our documentation website and in-product help center.
- Use Elastic's Git-based software development process—being comfortable using Git and GitHub is important.
- Review and edit documentation changes contributed by other Elastic employees and community members.
- Test both the product and its documentation for accuracy and consistency.
What You Will Bring:
- 2+ years in a SaaS, IT, or developer-focused environment—for example, prior experience as a technical writer, support engineer, product manager, or other technical role.
- Technical knowledge and expertise—the best writing stems from a true understanding of the product you're writing about and the problems it solves.
- Curiosity, a willingness to wear a variety of hats, a desire to learn new things, and the drive to roll up your sleeves and tackle sophisticated problems.
- Experience with a lightweight mark-up language such as Markdown, Asciidoc, or Wikitext.
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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