As MySQL is thriving and growing, we're looking for an experienced technical writer located in Europe or North America to join
the MySQL documentation team.For this job, we need
the best and most dedicated people around. You will be part of a geographically distributed documentation team responsible for
the technical documentation of all MySQL products. Team members are expected to work independently, requiring discipline and excellent time-management skills as well as
the technical facilities to communicate across
the Internet.Candidates should be prepared to work intensively with our engineers and support personnel.
The overall team is highly distributed across different geographies and time zones. Our source format is DocBook XML. We're not just writing documentation, but also handling publication. This means you should be familiar with DocBook, and willing to learn our publication infrastructure.Candidates should therefore be interested not just in writing but also in
the technical aspects of publishing documentation. Regarding your initial areas of authoring, those would be MySQL Cluster, MySQL Enterprise Monitor and Backup, and various parts of
the MySQL server documentation (also known as
the MySQL Reference Manual). This means you should be familiar with MySQL in general, and preferably also with MySQL Cluster and
the MySQL Enterprise offerings.Other qualifications:
Native English speaker
3 or more years previous experience in writing
software documentation
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to provide (online) samples of your work, e.g. books or articles
Curiosity to learn new technologies
Familiarity with distributed working environments and versioning systems such as SVN
Comfortable with working on multiple operating systems, particularly Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Ability to administer own workstations and test environment
If you're interested, contact me under
[email protected].
