Grafana Labs

Staff Technical Writer

Grafana Labs
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • United States, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Spain, United KingdomLead💰 $123,933 - $148,719 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in technical writing and documentation for enterprise or developer-facing software, utilizing AI tools and workflows to enhance content creation and maintenance. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and translate complex technical information into accessible content.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Technical WritingAI Tools and WorkflowsDocs-as-CodeCollaboration with EngineersProject Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudKubernetesOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Plan, research, write, and maintain documentation and learning content, including concepts, tasks, tutorials, references, and in-product learning
  • Use AI tools and workflows for drafting, structuring, technical validation, consistency checks, and content maintenance
  • Contribute to shared AI workflows and improve or automate content creation and maintenance
  • Partner with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand product requirements and interview subject matter experts
  • Translate complex technical details into clear, accurate content
  • Test documented software and procedures, identifying product and UX gaps
  • Use documentation and learning analytics plus user feedback to identify content gaps and prioritize work
  • Improve information architecture, voice, and consistency across documentation
  • Manage multiple projects and communicate clearly when priorities change
  • Mentor teammates and share practices that improve team quality

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience writing or documenting enterprise or developer-facing software, with a portfolio or writing samples showing technical depth
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools and models in a writing workflow, including the ability to evaluate and verify their output
  • Experience with docs-as-code: command-line Git, GitHub pull requests and reviews, Markdown, and common IDEs
  • Ability to set up, run, and troubleshoot software; familiarity with command line, containers, or Kubernetes, or willingness to learn quickly
  • Experience collaborating with engineers and product managers
  • Experience working remotely and asynchronously on a distributed team
  • Curiosity about AI workflows and professional use of AI tools
  • Technical credibility and ability to learn new technical domains quickly
  • Strong judgment and editing skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects independently and collaboratively
  • Ability to write concisely and plainly for readers of all experience levels
  • Bonus: experience with observability, monitoring, cloud-native tooling, or open source documentation

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • 100% remote, global culture
  • Career growth pathways
  • In-person onboarding
  • 30 days annual leave per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days
  • Transparent communication and regular company-wide updates
  • Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things
  • Empowered, high-trust, low-ego teams
  • Approachable, transparent leadership

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Hard Skills
Technical WritingDocumentationContent MaintenanceAI ToolsMarkdownGitGitHubCommand LineKubernetesEditing Skills
Soft Skills
CuriosityStrong JudgmentCommunicationMentoringCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
AI ToolsGitGitHubMarkdownCommon IDEsContainersCloud-native ToolingObservabilityMonitoringOpen Source Documentation
Industry Keywords
Enterprise SoftwareDeveloper-facing SoftwareTechnical ValidationInformation ArchitectureUser FeedbackContent GapsAsynchronous CollaborationDistributed Team