Grafana Labs

Staff Technical Writer

Grafana Labs
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • Germany, Canada, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, United StatesLead💰 €85,000 - €102,000 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. Capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure clarity and accuracy in technical communication while managing multiple projects effectively.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Technical WritingAI Tools ExperienceDocs-As-CodeProject ManagementCollaboration with Engineers

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, applying human judgment and ensuring accuracy
  • Contribute to and improve shared AI workflows and automate content creation and maintenance processes
  • Partner with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand product requirements, interview subject matter experts, and explain complex technical details clearly
  • Test documented software and procedures, and identify product and UX gaps
  • Use documentation and learning analytics and user feedback to identify content gaps, prioritize work, and demonstrate impact
  • Improve information architecture, voice, and consistency across documentation
  • Manage multiple projects and reprioritize and communicate clearly when plans change
  • Mentor teammates and share practices that improve team work 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, such as LLM assistants, agentic coding tools, or custom prompts and skills
  • Ability to explain how AI output is evaluated and verified
  • 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 in technical environments, such as command line, containers, or Kubernetes, or willingness to learn quickly
  • Experience collaborating with engineers and product managers to obtain accurate technical information
  • Experience working remotely and asynchronously on a distributed team
  • Curiosity about AI workflows and ability to experiment and share effective practices
  • 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 work
  • Career growth pathways
  • In-person onboarding
  • 30 days of annual leave per annum
  • 3 annual leave days reserved for 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 culture
  • Approachable and transparent leadership
  • Global annual leave policy complying with local legislation where applicable

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Hard Skills
Technical WritingAI ToolsDocs-As-CodeMarkdownGitGitHubCommand-LineKubernetesContent AnalyticsTechnical Validation
Soft Skills
Strong JudgmentEditing SkillsCuriosityCommunicationMentoring
Tools & Technologies
AI WorkflowsLLM AssistantsAgentic Coding ToolsCloud-Native ToolingObservability Tools
Industry Keywords
Enterprise SoftwareDeveloper-Facing DocumentationUser Experience (UX)Information ArchitectureRemote Collaboration