Senior Technical Writer, Developer Experience

The docs product

Audit what exists, cut what doesn't serve developers, and build a roadmap for what's missing. Own information architecture, structure, and coverage across Lightning Studios (AI Dev Platform) and Lightning Deploy (Inference Platform) — each with a UI, SDK, and CLI.

Getting-started experience

The getting-started experience runs through docs. Own the entry point where developers go from zero to value, and optimize time-to-first-success as a metric worth optimizing.

Voice and editorial standards

Uphold the bar for how we write — across docs, landing pages, and technical blog posts — and work directly with Product and Marketing leadership to expand our presence.

Cross-functional execution

Sit close enough to code to be accurate and far enough out to write for humans. Engineers, product managers, designers — extract what needs to be written and make it good.

Community content strategy

Build an approach to docs that scales beyond what we ship internally.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of technical writing experience at a company where docs were treated as a product, not an afterthought
• Demonstrated experience owning developer documentation end-to-end — SDK references, CLI guides, API docs, getting started flows
• Comfortable reading code; you don't need to ship it, but you need to understand it well enough to explain it accurately
• Strong information architecture instincts — you have opinions on structure, progressive disclosure, and example density, and you can defend them
• Experience collaborating directly with engineering and product teams to extract, shape, and ship content on release timelines
• Proficiency with modern docs tooling (Mintlify, Docusaurus, ReadMe, or similar)
• Uses AI tools (Claude, Cursor, or similar) to accelerate writing, research, and content production — this isn't optional; it's how we expect this role to scale

Nice-to-Have

• Experience at a developer-led or PLG company where docs were a measurable part of the growth motion
• Familiarity with ML/AI tooling, inference platforms, or developer infrastructure
• Experience building or selecting docs tooling, not just using it
• Background in technical blogging, developer education, or community content
• Experience growing or mentoring a writing team

Compensation

We are committed to offering competitive compensation that reflects the value each team member brings to our mission. Final offers are based on factors such as experience, skills, geographic location, and role expectations. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package for eligible roles includes a discretionary bonus, a meaningful equity component, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage (U.S.); Private medical and dental insurance (U.K.)
• Retirement and financial wellness support (U.S.); Pension contribution (U.K.)
• Generous paid time off, plus holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Professional development support
• Wellness and work-from-home stipends
• Flexible work environment

About the role

This role is based in one of our U.S. office hubs (Seattle, NYC, or San Fran), with a minimum of 2 in-office days per week and occasional team and company offsites. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position at this time.

Application instructions

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