Technical Writer (Freelance)
Location: GB, LND, London
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Contract
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Internet
Function: Engineering
Company profile: Founded in 2010 by a team from Google’s London and New York offices, Qubit work with some of the biggest names in Online. Our engineers have built a brand new platform that combines a number of technologies – analytics, automation, personalisation and more – into a simple, easy-to-use product.We’re not the only ones excited about our brand new approach to solving the problems of modern e-Commerce. Wired magazine named Qubit as one of the top 5 hottest startups in London. We’ve raised $7.5 million in Series A funding from one of the UK’s biggest venture capitalists! Come and join the growing team as we embark on the most exciting chapter in Qubit’s history.Although we’ve now grown to more than 90 people, we’re keen on keeping our culture as relaxed and open as when there were only 5 of us. Our offices have table football, kitchen full of fruit and other snacks, never ending coffee supply, dinner service and lots of other startup perks. More importantly we’re a focused and determined team preparing to double in size during 2014!
Description: Qubit: Cutting Edge Big Data EngineeringQubit is currently empowering leading ecommerce companies to drive conversion rates through our innovative selection of products. We need a Freelance Technical Writer to deliver online help, technical documentation and release notes for our range of products. You'll be working closely with our engineering, client services and marketing teams to ensure the accuracy and quality of deliverables.What you'll be doingWork closely with the product management and engineering staff to provide technical documentation, release notes and configuration guides for regular releasesCreate the required content alongside the Agile development frameworkLocalize the content based on the required client configurations and test accuracy against the productMonitor and respond to issues logged by other teams against the documentationPublish user assistance for solutionsFeedback to team members on the user interface, consistency of screen text and messages. Also contribute suggestions for improvements to the software design and usability 
Requirements: What you'll needBy submitting your application you understand that Qubit will store your data in accordance with local lawsExceptional experience in the creation of technical documentation, release notes and configuration guides, ideally within an ecommerce environment, writing for both technical and non-technical audiencesExperience of creating an automated process and working on version control for all documentationExceptional written English skillsKnowledge of Open source languages such as SQL, with RESTful API’s, Java, RCMS systems, HTML, CSS and CMSExperience of Agile development environments
Benefits: Plenty of perksAs well as the opportunity to solve complex problems in this exciting new era of big data, here’s what we offer:Realistic performance related bonusesGenerous equity options mean you’ll own a piece of the pieExcellent health and dental insurance packagesA relaxed approach to time off and enough holidays to see several corners of the worldFridge fully stocked with healthy snacks and the ultimate espresso machine for your java fixA competitive office where we play foosball, football, scrabble, go-karting… you name it, we’ll play itThank Qubit it’s Friday – we have lots of creative ways to let off steam at the end of the weekPlenty of opportunities for training and development
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