Hybrid Technical Writer

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About the role

  • Technical Writer responsible for managing developer documentation at Vapi. Focused on maintaining accurate, up-to-date information for APIs, tutorials, and guides.

Responsibilities

  • Become dangerous on the Vapi platform. Actually build something. Actually break something.
  • Read every doc we have and form an honest opinion about the state of it.
  • Find the three questions developers ask most. Answer them so well they stop asking.
  • Make friends with the support team. They know where the bodies are buried.
  • Write your first doc. Ship it. Get feedback. Improve it.
  • Own developer-facing docs end to end: API references, quickstarts, guides, tutorials, Knowledge base, FAQs, the works.
  • Build a system for keeping docs current as the platform ships. A system that works when engineers forget to tell you something has changed.
  • Make a new developer's first 30 minutes noticeably better than they were when you arrived. Then make it better again.
  • Give the support team and Vapi Composer something amazing to work with. Make it so they stop guessing. Bonus points if you make them laugh.
  • Measurably reduce friction in the developer journey. You'll know because support volume drops, activation improves, and engineers stop getting pulled into "can you just explain how this works" conversations.
  • Make docs and information a competitive advantage. Ship it like one.
  • Set the bar for what good looks like at Vapi. Then hold it even when the platform ships something new every other week.

Requirements

  • You've used an API.
  • You know what a webhook is.
  • You don't need an engineer to explain what a POST request does or what LLM stands for.
  • You think bad docs are a product bug.
  • You write like a human, not a manual. Direct, occasionally funny, always accurate and 100% clear.
  • You have an uncomfortable relationship with outdated information. When you see a doc that's wrong, something inside you dies.
  • You make friends with engineers and support teams without having to bribe them.
  • You're faster than people expect and more thorough than they asked for.
  • You like hanging out regularly with Karl the Fog in our San Francisco office.

Benefits

  • Real stake: We offer a competitive salary and excellent equity ownership
  • Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Team love: We love hanging out, and we do quarterly off-sites
  • Flexible time off: take what you need
  • More: catered meals, transportation, gym, and a $10k annual L&D budget

Job title

Technical Writer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$155,000 - $185,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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