Principal Technical Writer
Posted on 8/18/2023
INACTIVE
Okta

5,001-10,000 employees

Online identity verification solutions
Company Overview
Okta stands out as a leading independent identity provider, offering a robust Identity Cloud that enables secure and efficient connection between people and technologies, a feature trusted by over 10,000 organizations including prominent names like JetBlue, Nordstrom, and Slack. The company's competitive edge lies in its extensive pre-built integrations, numbering over 7,000, with applications and infrastructure providers, simplifying and securing access for people and organizations globally. Okta's culture of fostering confidence and potential in its workforce and customers, coupled with its industry leadership and technical prowess, makes it an attractive workplace.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$1.2B

Founded

2009

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

13%

2 year growth

83%
Locations
Canada
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
JavaScript
Git
HTML/CSS
Management
Quality Assurance (QA)
CategoriesNew
QA & Testing
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • 7+ years relevant experience writing technical documentation for Cloud or Enterprise products
  • Bachelor degree or certificate in Technical Writing is preferred
  • Strong individual contributor showing ownership traits through leading by example
  • Experience leading large projects from start to finish that involve multiple writers
  • Proven record of writing accurate, clear, and concise documentation for a global audience
  • Knowledge of Okta or similar identity and access management solutions
  • Strong ability to understand the application of security products in the real world and produce use case-based content
  • Experience using Madcap Flare or similar authoring tools
  • Experience using source control tools, such as GitHub
  • Amazing Benefits
  • Making Social Impact
  • Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta
Responsibilities
  • Own the documentation of one or more documentation sets (major features or individual products), effectively direct the work of writers and other contributors on those doc sets, and ensure that your own content fits smoothly into the entire Okta documentation catalog
  • Contribute as a lead team member and provide direction and mentoring to other writers
  • Lead the development of high quality documentation while generating technical leverage and influencing the direction of the content architecture and feature design
  • Translate high level requirements from product management or engineering into content requirements and architecture
  • Work closely with Engineering, Product Management, QA, Support, and members of the Information Development team to ensure quality and accuracy of content
  • Understand the team's documentation process and ensure the definition of done is reached before publishing any content
  • Analyze customer feedback before and after delivering documentation to enhance content depth, quality, and relevance
  • Drive team initiatives to enhance documentation standards, content architecture, website presentation, and processes
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with localization and translation best practices
  • Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript