Position Overview
MemSQL is seeking a versatile and motivated technical writer to produce high-quality technical content. This person will be an integral part of the Technical Publications team, tasked with delivering key pieces of technical documentation and helping to make our customers successful.
Depending on your skillset and interest, this role may also expand into creating technical demos, modifying documentation platform source code, or writing other business-facing technical collateral.
Responsibilities:
- Create technical documentation for MemSQL products
- Research and document new MemSQL products and features
- Edit, maintain and improve existing MemSQL documentation
- Create best practices guides and code samples for using MemSQL
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Effectively and proactively communicate with product and engineering teams to gather technical input
- Demonstrated ability for writing technical content for a developer audience
- Ability to quickly understand and use MemSQL software and related technologies
- Strong understanding of software development and the ability to read and write code (SQL and Python knowledge are preferred)
- Experience creating and editing images, diagrams, and other graphics to accompany written content
- Clear and thoughtful English communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously and self-motivate
- Ability to work well with a remote team and subject matter experts
- Creativity in simplifying and organizing technical content
- Database knowledge and experience a plus
- MySQL experience a plus
- Git/GitHub experience a plus
MemSQL is The No-Limits Database, powering modern applications and analytical systems with a cloud-native, massively scalable architecture for maximum ingest and query performance with the highest concurrency. MemSQL envisions a world where every business can make decisions in real-time and every experience is optimized through data.
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA with offices in Seattle, WA and Portland OR, MemSQL has raised nearly $100M from top investors including Accel Partners and Khosla Ventures, among others. MemSQL is trusted by customers including Uber, Akamai, Dell EMC, Samsung, Comcast, Kellogg, and more.
Consistent with our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we value individuals with the ability to work on diverse teams and with a diverse range of people.
To all recruitment agencies: MemSQL does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to MemSQL employees. MemSQL is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.