Senior Documentation Engineer

ClickHouse ClickHouse · Data AI · United States · Product Marketing

ClickHouse is seeking a Senior Documentation Engineer to join their Product team. The role involves partnering with engineering and product teams to create clear and concise documentation for developers, writing guides for new features, and engaging with the GitHub community to improve documentation. The ideal candidate will have experience with databases, data warehouses, SQL, and a passion for developer experiences.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with engineering and product teams on how to best convey ClickHouse’s features in a clear, concise, but comprehensive manner catering to developers with diverse experience levels in ClickHouse and other databases.
  2. Write documentation and guides for new features launched by engineering and product teams.
  3. Proactively engage with the GitHub community to address and resolve any issues pertaining to documentation. This can include: attentively responding to requests for enhancements, such as adding clarity, rectifying errata, and incorporating any other necessary improvements.
  4. Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team by consistently refining and optimizing our processes and style guides. Additionally, actively collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive collective efforts aimed at enhancing our overall efficiency and effectiveness.
  5. Create scripts and automation to keep documentation up-to-date.

Skills

Required

  • published technical content, documentation, or blog posts for an infrastructure or developer tools product
  • Extensive experience working with databases, data warehouses, and SQL.
  • A passion for great developer experiences and products.
  • Strong English language writing skills.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams, and other technical writers or contractors.

Nice to have

  • Basic scripting skills (JavaScript, Python)
  • Basic knowledge of modern full-stack web development technologies (React, Node.js, CSS)
  • Computer science or engineering degree (or related field)