Senior Technical Writer (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Writer (Cybersecurity): Leading documentation projects and creating public user documentation for security, observability, and automation products with an accent on developer-facing content, APIs, SDKs, and developer tools. Focus on gathering technical details, hands-on product testing, and maintaining documentation standards.

Location: Remote (USA)

Salary: $158,000–$193,000 USD yearly

Company

hirify.global is a global SaaS business focused on breaking down silos and solving complexity in the cloud age through infrastructure monitoring.

What you will do

• Partner with product and engineering teams to lead documentation projects for security, observability, and automation products.
• Gather technical details for public documentation by reviewing internal product materials and hands-on testing of products.
• Create developer-facing documentation and guides for SDKs, APIs, and developer tools.
• Collaborate with the documentation team to help maintain standards and contribute to process improvements.
• Participate in a business-hours interrupt-handling rotation to respond to documentation questions and issues.
• Review and provide editorial feedback on documentation written by others.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance to other team members.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience writing technical documentation for developers, SREs, and security engineers.
• Experience using Markdown, a static-site generator, and GitHub with a ‘Docs as Code’ approach.
• Comfortable with basic Python and reading at least 1 other programming language (e.g., Java, Ruby).
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure concepts such as cloud services and containers.
• Publicly available technical writing samples.
• Experience managing large documentation sets and developing well-structured information architecture.
• Experience using AI tools as part of documentation work.
• English: B2 required

Nice to have

• Experience documenting modern security platforms, particularly in application and API security, cloud workload protection, or application security testing.

Culture & Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking.
• Inclusive company culture and access to Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and fitness reimbursements.