Technical Writer (R&D)

Company Name: Mendix
Location: Netherland
Posted by:

Soulmaz Shahi

Soulmaz Shahi

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Mendix

Mendix is on a mission to fundamentally reinvent the way applications are created, by abstracting the process and enabling everyone who has a stake in an enterprise’s digital future — business people and analysts, web developers, software engineers, even CEOs — to meaningfully participate, thereby creating better applications faster. Our goal is simply to create the future of software development.

If you are an experienced Technical Writer and want to make a difference for tens of thousands of developers in the Mendix community, we have a challenge for you! As a company, we’re in constant communication with our community, and we need your experience to take our documentation to the next level.

We're looking to grow our global team, so we need a Technical Writer capable of comprehensively learning the Mendix Platform and documenting features and improvements. Documentation plays a key role in how the Mendix community takes advantage of the platform’s many components, and we treat documentation as an essential part of the Mendix product. As the Mendix Platform grows, our documentation needs are also growing.

If you constantly strive for excellence and want to work with a dynamic and focused team, then apply to be a Mendix Technical Writer.

You'll help Mendix drive digital innovation by…

• Providing our global developers community with documentation that prioritizes accuracy, quality, and consistency
• Joining the Documentation Team to learn tools and best practices; take ownership of documentation for specific components of the Mendix Platform; and promote our values of communication, accuracy, transparency, and collaboration
• Documenting what the Data Hub Unit is working on to start (the Data Hub product, data integration, and analytics), and then documenting other parts of the Mendix Platform as guided by your own interests, experience, and resource needs
• Collaborating with Developers, Product Managers, SMEs, and other stakeholders to draft, edit, and technically verify documentation
• Creating documentation that fits into the whole Mendix Platform experience, which means collaborating with other teams working on training, onboarding, user assistance, and UX
• Reviewing documentation written by Developers inside Mendix as well as from the wider Mendix community, which means verifying technical details, following up on feedback, and meeting deadlines for releases
• Keeping up with Mendix as a rapidly changing organization in order to determine internal and external documentation needs
• Staying proactive by looking for opportunities to improve the product wherever possible and by continuously learning how to excel in your profession
  
  

You're the innovator we need if you…

• Have at least 2 years of technical writing experience, love to write, and can translate complex technical ideas into text that is accessible for a global audience
• Speak and write English fluently at a near-native level
• Have worked in IT before and have technical knowledge and experience that you can utilize when documenting (especially relevant for data integration and analytics)
• Can grasp how Mendix is used and what the market is for the platform
• Have experience working in Agile environments
• Have used JIRA or other project management tools (TFS, MS Teams, etc.)
• Have used Git and written in Markdown
• Monitor new developments in technical communication
  
  

Experience The Mendix Culture…

We have an innate urge to improve the status quo, whether it's product or process

Autonomous teams are responsible for coming up with innovative ideas that contribute to the bigger picture

Everyone is appreciated for their skills and ideas

Relaxed environment with the coolest office in the Netherlands and a splendid view of the Maas River and Erasmusbrug

Intelligent and fun colleagues from all over the world

Free soda and snacks (and beers on Friday)

Fully-stocked buffet lunch

Our Values

While we live on different continents and work on different things, we are one team with a shared mission and set of values. We are passionate and strive for new heights, professionally and personally. We value collaboration, initiative and hands-on creativity. Above all else, we believe in a culture of growth, respect, and fun.

Make your career at Mendix.

There are precious few jobs that let you create the future. But you’ll find one at Mendix. We pioneered low-code software development technology, which is arguably one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century for building applications. Already, Mendix is the engine powering digital innovation for thousands of enterprises. The world of software will never be the same, thanks to Mendix. Neither will you, once you start making the future as part of the Mendix team.

Important to know: Mendix is a Siemens business, which means we’re backed by the resources and stability of one of the world’s largest and most forward-looking enterprises. Think: job security.

Since our company was founded in 2005, our aim is to create a great work environment for people at all stages in their careers. That’s why we are so pleased and honored that we were rated a top Cloud Computing Company to work for in 2019, based on feedback from our employees on Glassdoor. Our organization is growing, in 2018 we added 200 new employees and opened new offices in the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands and we have plans to open a new office in the U.K. in 2019.

• Seniority level

  Associate

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  MarketingPublic RelationsWriting/Editing

• Industries

  Information Technology and ServicesComputer SoftwareInternet