Technical Writer, Ecosystem, Google Nest

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with HTML and CSS or Markdown.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Proficiency with HTML, XML, Markdown, Jinja, and Linux.
• Understanding of IP networking concepts.
• Familiarity with Google and REST APIs.
• Familiarity with smart home technology.
• Technical aptitude, with the ability to understand developer code in C/C++, Python, Java, and protocol buffers.
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently.
  
  

About The Job

Technical writers communicate complex information clearly, concisely and accurately, and without relying on jargon. As a technical writer, your role involves tasks such as writing conceptual overviews and procedures, reading and writing example code, or updating help center queries and FAQs. Technical writers play a big part at Google. They are a key link between engineers, marketing associates, developer advocates, as well as all the external users and developers, tying together many vital but disparate parts of the Google ecosystem.

You develop complex, in-depth communications for internal and external audiences and manage projects that involve coordinating multiple junior writers. The Nest team is revolutionizing the way people interact with their homes.

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user’s interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people’s lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Understand home automation developer use-cases and workflows, and building documentation that would realize these requirements.
• Build and maintain content as needed.
• Author document(s) solely in HTML, XML, or Markdown.
• Use the Linux command line to install and update packages, run scripts, and manipulate files, and author documentation to support use of the tools.
  
  

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