Overview

The Linux Foundation is creating the greatest shared technology investment in history by enabling open source collaboration across companies, developers and users. We are the organization of choice to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Overview

Cloud Native Computing Foundation is creating and driving the adoption of a new computing paradigm that is optimized for modern distributed systems environments capable of scaling to tens of thousands of healing multi-tenant nodes. Cloud native systems will be containerized, dynamically orchestrated and microservices-oriented. CNCF currently hosts Kubernetes, Prometheus, OpenTracing, fluentd, linkerd, gRPC, CoreDNS, containerd, rkt and CNI. For more information: https://www.cncf.io/.

Position Overview

Technical writers take complex information and communicate it clearly, concisely, and accurately without relying on technical or corporate jargon. Technical writers at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) are a key link between engineers, marketing associates, community managers, and external developers, tying together many vital but disparate parts of the developer ecosystem. As a technical writer at the CNCF, you will work with an external team of technical writers from different organizations aligned around CNCF community. You will work directly with documentation for a variety of CNCF projects, from reading and writing example code, to updating API reference docs and creating new developer guides that teach developers how to use our APIs.

Minimum Qualifications

BA/BS degree (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience). At least 2 years of relevant experience, such as technical writing, product documentation, or online publishing including experience with writing technical customer ­facing materials, including online content. Ability to read and understand source code written in Java, Go, Python and/or JavaScript.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 4 years relevant work experience, including experience researching and writing documentation for developers (APIs, SDKs, web technologies)
  • Ability to write simple to complex code samples in Java, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
  • Familiarity with developer tools for cloud, containers, and/or open source
  • Proven ability to author in Markdown and HTML and work with version­ control tools such as Git
  • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast ­paced, constantly changing environment
  • Previous experience in open source communities
  • An open source pragmatist with a community friendly attitude

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team and diverse community of technical writers aimed to build the best technical documentation for CNCF related projects
  • Write technical documentation for a developer audience, including API references and developer guides
  • Design and organize documentation sets for new Kubernetes features
  • Edit, clarify, and proofread documents written by others, and coach non­writers on ways to improve their writing skills
  • Work closely with community developers and writers to create quality documentation
  • Travel to meet communities at events and host doc sprints (1­2 or two trips a quarter)

Company Culture & Benefits

The Linux Foundation is a largely all-remote workforce that hires top-notch talent.  We are as passionate of providing a flexible and supportive work culture as we are in Open Source Software.  Collaboration is in our DNA, and we pride ourselves on being able to work closely together while not being tied to an office.  We offer exceptional benefits – e.g., Fantastic health care, Unlimited PTO, 100% 401k match up to $18k, profit-sharing and exceptional healthcare plans.

The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About The Linux Foundation

More than 20 years ago, Linus Torvalds sparked an open source revolution with a short email declaring he was doing a new project “just for fun.” Today, Linux powers 98% of the world’s super computers, most of the servers powering the Internet, the majority of financial trades worldwide and tens of millions of Android mobile phones and consumer devices. In short, Linux is everywhere.

The Linux Foundation partners with the world's leading developers and companies to solve the hardest technology problems and accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption.

The World’s Most Important Open Source Software Project—Linux
Linux is the world’s largest and most pervasive open source software project in history. The Linux Foundation is home to Linux creator Linus Torvalds and lead maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman and provides a neutral home where Linux kernel development can be protected and accelerated for years to come.

• Of the top one million domains, Linux is the operating system for over 95% of them
• Over 80% of smartphones run Android, which is based on the Linux kernel
• Of the top 500 fastest supercomputers in the world, more than 98% of them run on Linux
• Most of the global markets are running on Linux, including NYSE, NASDAQ, London Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, and more
• The majority of consumer electronic devices use Linux for its small footprint
• More than 75% of cloud-enabled enterprises report using Linux as their primary cloud platform
• Linux is the go-to infrastructure supporting the world’s e-commerce leaders, including Amazon, Ebay, Paypal, Walmart, and others

The operating system has seen massive acceptance in almost every sector, including financial, government, education, and even film production. Linux is also the operating system of choice to support cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data. It is helping to transform industries and disrupt the status quo.