Senior Technical Writer

We're looking for a Senior Technical Writer who brings craft and strategic instinct to the discipline. As a Senior Technical Writer at Starburst, you will own complex documentation initiatives end to end, influence how content is structured and delivered at scale, operate with authority in a fast-moving, highly technical environment, and help your team succeed with AI-assisted tooling.

Responsibilities:

• Own the planning, writing, and continuous improvement of highly technical documentation, including configuration, deployment, integration, and query reference content.
• Partner directly with software engineers, product managers, and subject matter experts to extract accurate technical detail and drive timely review cycles.
• Lead documentation work tied to major platform and product initiatives.
• Evaluate and develop content for AI consumability and discoverability.
• Apply a structured content approach to ensure documentation serves the right audience at the right stage of their journey.
• Contribute to documentation standards, style guidelines, and peer review processes across the team.
• Serve as a senior voice in cross-functional planning, advocating for documentation requirements in the product development lifecycle.
• Partner on piloting AI-assisted drafting tools.
• Contribute content expertise to docs replatforming initiatives.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of technical writing experience, with a strong portfolio of developer-facing or data infrastructure documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Experience owning documentation for complex SaaS, cloud, or data platform products.
• Proven ability to manage SME relationships decisively.
• Proficiency with docs-as-code workflows.
• Excellent written communication in US English.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with how documentation is consumed by AI systems.
• Hands-on experience using LLMs in a content workflow.
• Basic scripting/automation exposure.

The role can be based remotely, with a preference for the US East Coast time zone. The salary range for this role is $120,000-$150,000 USD.