Technical Writer

Key Responsibilities:

• Documenting product information used by internal and external configurators to design, install, implement, and maintain Vendavo products
• Documenting product features for business end-users
• Maintaining the Vendavo style guide
• Preparing release notes and patch release notes
• Doing document production work to distribute documentation releases
• Maintaining the Technical Publications portal on the Vendavo intranet

Skills:

• Can create end-user and SI (engineer) facing documentation for enterprise software
• Can interview engineers via e-mail, in person, and phone to get required information
• Can analyze design/development documentation to assess information completeness and gaps
• Knows basic SQL and can pass a simple test of SQL during interview
• Can create and manage a database (e.g. Oracle and Mysql)
• Can proofread a document for English grammar errors with 95% or more capture rate.

Experience:

• 5 years experience creating developer documentation from scratch
• Experience and understanding of J2EE and N-tier applications
• Programming familiarity, preferably Java and OOP
• XML familiarity

Required Applications:

• Word 2003
• Acrobat Distiller
• FrameMaker 7.2
• PaintShop Pro or similar image editing
• Visio or other vector-based drawing package
• CVS or other source control software

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with Unix or Linux
• Defect tracking system
• Eclipse or other IDE familiarity

Attributes:

• Self-starter: able to work independently with minimum direction
• Knows when to ask questions and get more support

Vendavo Description:

Vendavo is the leading Price & Margin Management vendor in the B2B space. Vendavo provides enterprise software for price management to 25+ Industrial Manufacturing, High Tech, Chemical and Distribution companies to help customers improve price and margin realization. Vendavo provides the entire organization with consistent visibility into price and margin, and presents each business user with the right context and data to make informed pricing decisions. Vendavo is a well-funded pre-public software startup with over 120 employees on three continents. This is a great opportunity to lead a growing team in a dynamic company.

 Direct resumes to: careers@vendavo.com