We're looking for a Senior Technical Writer to define and deliver several transformative developer-facing documentation projects. This is a Senior role. As a member of a small Engineering Technical Writing team, you'll get to make a significant, recognised contribution to improving the Developer Experience at Squarespace.

This is a hybrid role working from our Dublin office (3 days per week). You’ll report directly to the Senior Manager for Technical Writing in Engineering.

You'll Get To…

• Collaborate with software engineers and leaders, performing independent research to inform your work
• Create clear, accurate, consumable technical content including API documentation and developer guides for a software engineering audience
• Coach teams on documentation workflows and technical writing best practices
• Realise improvements to our practices and to our developer experience

In the first three months, you’ll:

• Build effective working relationships with engineers and leaders across R&D
• Begin leading 2-3 documentation projects, contributing content, and identifying future deliverables
• Begin creating your career development plan with your manager

Who We're Looking For

• 7+ years of experience as a technical writer with a developer audience
• Experience delivering projects with a high level of technical complexity and broad scale
• You show an exemplary ability to write and converse in English
• You work as a peer to software engineers, using the same tools and development methodologies, including docs as code
• You're curious, learning new technical concepts and software products quickly
• You turn complex ideas in logical steps appropriate to the audience
• You work amazingly with remote and distributed teams
• You have a commitment to creating a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and trust

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you and your dependent children
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Pension benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• Up to 20 weeks of full pay for birth parent and non-birth parent leave
• 20 weeks of pay to care for an ill family member
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Free lunch and snacks
• Close proximity to cultural landmarks such as Dublin Castle and St. Patrick's Cathedral

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.