San Jose, California, United States · Hybrid
$150k–$170k/yr
Who We Are We are Spectro Cloud. We're on a mission to deliver a Kubernetes-centric platform that allows developers and their IT & Platform friends to work together making software easier, safer and more fun to deliver a…
Skills: Technical Writing, Information Architecture, Docs-as-Code, Markdown, Git
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Who We Are Spectro Cloud aims to make infrastructure boundaryless for the enterprise, from the data center to the edge and every platform in between. We provide solutions that help enterprises run applications on Kuberne…
Skills: Technical Writing, Information Architecture, Docs-as-Code, Markdown, Git
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Create in-depth how-to guides and feature documentation for the Palette Kubernetes management platform. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to document complex functionality and mentor junior technical writers.
Requires 4+ years of technical writing experience with proficiency in developer tools like Git, Docker, and Kubernetes. Candidates should be comfortable with Docs-as-Code processes and infrastructure providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Who We Are
We are Spectro Cloud. We're on a mission to deliver a Kubernetes-centric platform that allows developers and their IT & Platform friends to work together making software easier, safer and more fun to deliver and manage. We help people use and run Kubernetes their way, anywhere. Led by a team that has built products and companies successfully before and is doing it again; together with talented team members and industry-leading investors backing us up, we're taking K8s everywhere you can imagine.
About The Job
The Spectro Cloud Documentation & Education team is looking for a Senior Technical Writer to join our experienced team of technical writers and education engineers. We are looking for someone with a strong technical background to contribute to our documentation and provide the best user experience with Palette, our Kubernetes management platform.
As a Technical Writer, you will focus on creating user-friendly content that meets our customers’ needs and concerns. In your day-to-day, you will work closely with developers, engineers, and other technical staff to understand and document the technology and software that we build at Spectro Cloud. You will create reference materials, diagrams, and how-tos to help our practitioners gain a deeper understanding of the product. We believe in team and individual ownership, so you will work alongside other team members to build expertise in a product area.
We are a technical product, so we are looking for individuals who are comfortable with developer workflows and using the same tools as developers: git, Kubernetes, command-line interfaces, GitHub, containers, Docker, cloud providers, and Terraform.
The Team
The Documentation & Education team works closely with the Product, Engineering, and Support teams to ensure we provide accurate, complete feature documentation that meets our customers' real needs. Senior Technical Writers leverage their extensive technical and writing skills to educate prospective customers by creating clear, concise documentation representative of their workflows and concerns.
Job Responsibilities
● Create clear, in-depth how-to guides and feature documentation that help users understand and use product features, leveraging real-world scenarios, customer use cases, and product workflows.
● Conduct hands-on testing, experimentation, and independent research to gain deep, first-hand product knowledge. Identify and document edge cases, limitations, and feature updates to ensure technical accuracy and completeness.
● Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, engineers, QA, and UX to gather and validate technical information, clarify complex functionality, and stay aligned with evolving product roadmaps.
● Author technical blogs, release notes, and long-form content that explain product innovations and industry trends, supporting Spectro Cloud’s developer engagement.
● Champion user-first documentation practices by advocating for accessible, inclusive, and task-oriented content
● Define and maintain content standards, templates, and voice/tone guidelines to ensure consistency across documentation.
● Mentor and support junior or mid-level technical writers, providing feedback on their work, sharing best practices, and helping them develop their technical and editorial skills, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
● Refactor and enhance documentation information architecture to improve content organization, navigation, and discoverability across the Docs site.
● Take ownership of high-impact documentation projects end-to-end, including planning, coordination, writing, and review.
Required Qualifications
We don’t expect the ideal candidate to check every box, but the items below are things we look for when reviewing candidates. Do not let this discourage you from applying.
● 4+ years of experience as a technical writer
● Experience in analyzing information architecture and restructuring content
● Experience with Docs-as-Code processes
● Able to coach and mentor other technical writers
● Comfortable writing in Markdown
● Comfortable using developer tools such as git, CLIs, Docker, and GitHub
● Familiar with containers and Kubernetes
● Experience with infrastructure providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware)
● Comfortable creating diagrams and visual resources to help the learning process
● Displays a passion for learning and exploring new technologies
● Excellent communication skills
● Ability to dive into technical features by themselves and create documentation
Additional Preferred Qualifications
● Cloud certifications, such as the AWS cloud certifications
● Experience with AI tools and workflows
The On-Target Earnings for this role is $150,000-$170,000 + Equity
Location: San Jose, CA (Hybrid) We are in-office 3 times a week.
Run Kubernetes at scale, anywhere.
Spectro Cloud provides a complete and integrated platform that enables organizations to easily manage the full lifecycle of any combination of new or existing, small or large, simple or complex Kubernetes environments whether in a datacenter or the cloud. With a unique approach to managing multiple diverse clusters, Spectro Cloud gives IT teams complete control, visibility and production-scale efficiencies to provide developers flexible Kubernetes stacks and tools based on their specific needs, with granular governance and enterprise-grade security.
Offices: 1731 Technology Dr, San Jose, California 95110, US · 51 12th Main Road, Sector 6, HSR layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102, IN
Run Kubernetes at scale, anywhere.
Spectro Cloud provides a complete and integrated platform that enables organizations to easily manage the full lifecycle of any combination of new or existing, small or large, simple or complex Kubernetes environments whether in a datacenter or the cloud. With a unique approach to managing multiple diverse clusters, Spectro Cloud gives IT teams complete control, visibility and production-scale efficiencies to provide developers flexible Kubernetes stacks and tools based on their specific needs, with granular governance and enterprise-grade security.
Offices: 1731 Technology Dr, San Jose, California 95110, US · 51 12th Main Road, Sector 6, HSR layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102, IN
