Senior Technical Writer

Responsibilities

• Write new and update existing technical documentation related to CRYENGINE.
• Support the HUNT: Showdown and Crysis 4 (Working Title) development teams with structuring, creating, and maintaining their documentation:
• Meticulously evaluate and improve the knowledge transfer and documentation strategy of multiple development teams through close communication and collaboration.
• Identify critical issues on these teams and proactively work with the Documentation team lead in resolving them.
• Collaborate with the CRYENGINE Learning team in improving the CRYENGINE onboarding strategy for all teams


• Contribute to the decision making involved in the laying out the documentation roadmap of multiple development teams, in alignment with the CRYENGINE roadmap.
• Innovate documentation and collaborative processes within the Documentation team.
• Ensure that all written documentation is of a high professional standard in terms of technical accuracy, attention to detail, English usage and presentation.
• Train and mentor new Technical Writers.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional technical writing or related experience, for e.g., programming, business correspondence, journalism, or other writing roles.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Ability to gather information via different means (one-on-one communication, workshops, video demonstrations etc.) and distill it into written form.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation that can be understood by an international audience whose first language may not be English.
• Ability to write appropriate documentation and for specific audiences – this will include brand new users of CRYENGINE all the way through to seasoned professionals.
• Ability to work and stay organized while dealing with multiple dynamic teams with different styles of work.
• Willingness to study and learn the nuances of any and all game development disciplines for the purpose of creating better documentation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proactive, customer-driven mindset.
• Confidence in leading meetings, presentations, and the ability to clearly articulate ideas/opinions.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work alone using own initiative.
• Competent with the Microsoft Office suite, especially Word.
• Passion for making games and for gaming technology.
• Willing to relocate to the Frankfurt am Main area, Germany.

Pluses

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or for e.g. English, Journalism etc. (providing a strong interest/ability can be shown for Computing/Technology).
• Experience in working with Confluence, Wiki’s or other web-based documentation systems.
• Experience in using CRYENGINE or any other leading Game Engine(s).
• Experience in using image editing tools such as Photoshop, Snagit, Paint etc.
• Experience in using designer tools such as Maya, 3ds Max etc.
• Experience in using JIRA, Perforce, GitHub etc.
• Experience working in an Agile Software Development environment.
• Basic knowledge of modern programming/scripting languages, e.g., C++, C#, Python etc.
• Games industry experience.