Technical Writer (Education Engineer)
Barcelona (Spain)
London (UK)
Education
Full-Time
Seqera exists to advance science for everyone through software
We provide software for scientists solving today's most complex and important challenges from pioneering innovative therapeutics to unveiling the secrets of our universe. The journey began a decade ago with Nextflow — open software that helps over 100,000 global scientists analyze and process data, with more power and flexibility than ever before.
Today, Seqera consolidates fragmented data and diverse computing resources into a unified platform. Our modern biotech stack is trusted by over 150 leading life sciences organizations. Empowered with modern software engineering, organizations conduct science faster, on larger datasets, and with more confidence. Seqera accelerates discoveries in an open world.
Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading!
About the role
At Seqera, we know that education is a crucial element of our success. Empowering our users to make scientific breakthroughs depends on solid documentation, clear best practices, comprehensive tutorials, and content that’s adapted to all types of learners. We aim to achieve this by enabling our Education Engineers and ensuring our documentation process and best practices are a core part of how we build and ship software.
What You'll Do
Help Seqera set a standard for our open-source, cloud, and enterprise education
Work closely with the Product, Engineering, and Customer Experience teams to ensure documentation remains cutting-edge across a broad set of areas
Craft engaging and informative content spanning tutorials, best practice guides, interactive education, reference content, in-product copy, and release notes
Help ensure content consistency across brand voice and tone
Dig into the technology and industry to simplify learning about complex concepts
Think critically about the content we write today and the content we’ll write tomorrow
Help create sustainable documentation practices that enable us to build content that is current, collaborative, and cohesive
Promote documentation best practices and processes that evolve over time
Identify how to streamline work and collaboration, leveraging automation where possible
Continually look for ways to improve how we educate our users
Help develop strategies to measure the success of our documentation and education resources and identify key pain points
Think critically about the information architecture and broader structure of our content and help evolve it over time
Study changing trends in the industry and identify patterns that we should adopt for content creation, interaction, and delivery
About you
3+ years experience as a Technical Writer/Documentation Engineer/Programmer Writer in software documentation (or a similar role)
Experience in cloud computing and distributed infrastructure
Experience with docs-as-code methodologies
Comfort creating a variety of content types for many different targets
Strong grasp of information architecture and documentation organization best practices
Experience measuring the quality of documentation and iterating on feedback
Ability to work cross-functionally to understand product features from conception to completion and educate users and colleagues about new developments
Excellent command of the English language (native speaker equivalent) — a strong, clear communicator
Strong technical background with an understanding of software development, APIs, and system architecture
Nice to have:
The following skills may be helpful for your success, but are by no means required –
Experience working within a DevOps environment
Experience producing in-product copy for SaaS companies or writing/editing microcopy
Experience structuring documentation and an understanding of IA best practices
A degree in a scientific, computational, or writing discipline, or a UX writing-related certification or training
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Seqera, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What will you find working at Seqera?
Flexible working hours and remote-friendly culture.
International working environment with more than 25 nationalities.
Passionate & talented team.
Continuous skills development.
Team retreats and bonding activities.
A culture where your opinion is valued and your decisions have a real impact on the industry.
Excitement of a fast-growing startup in a constantly changing environment.
Great benefits
Time off: holidays under the local legislation + 3 days given by Seqera in December, and the national/public holidays according to your location.
Equity
Private health insurance
Private life insurance
Home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD)
Subscription to Oliva, Mental Health App
Learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD)
You should know
Seqera is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. However you identify or whatever your journey to this point, we welcome all candidates to apply for the position that inspires them. Come join us and help us build a global company that everyone is proud to be part of.
As we scale, we constantly improve our in-office and WFH environments and learn to help everyone have the best setup for our company's success and your personal development while always keeping the human touch in every aspect of our lives.
Why join us?
By learning from and with each other, we ensure our ability to drive innovation and make better decisions toward our mission. Most importantly, our culture provides a genuinely fun, inclusive, and challenging environment that will allow you to grow while making a huge difference in human health and beyond.