{"id":16794,"date":"2015-05-19T11:39:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=16794"},"modified":"2015-05-19T11:39:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T15:39:49","slug":"job-technical-author-datadog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2015\/05\/19\/job-technical-author-datadog\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] Technical Author, Datadog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.datadoghq.com\/apply\/gJiXxv\/Technical-Author.html\">http:\/\/jobs.datadoghq.com\/apply\/gJiXxv\/Technical-Author.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are building a team of writers within one of the fastest-growing startups in New York. We are looking for writers with coding skills to join our team on a full-time basis. Our team\u2019s primary goal is to pitch, research, and write in-depth articles that software engineers and ops engineers will want to read, discuss, and share with their peers.<\/p>\n<p>Datadog is the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. Our product was built by engineers, for engineers, so we aim to be deeply knowledgeable, accurate, engaging, and useful in all of our communications. We don\u2019t write fluff.<\/p>\n<h2>Responsibilities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify and define articlesthat Datadog should create<\/li>\n<li>Write articlesthat are authoritative, practical, and clear, such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Deep dives on modern technologies<\/li>\n<li>In-depth monitoring guides or use-cases<\/li>\n<li>Thought leadership pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Build relationshipswith journalists, analysts, tech bloggers, open source contributors and product community leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Continually measurereader engagement with content, and iterate to improve content definition, craft, and distribution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will have the support of Datadog engineers and other technical team members when you need an expert opinion.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>You are a polished, published writer<\/li>\n<li>You have at least some code in a publicly available repo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Successful candidates will be comfortable researching new technologies, learning how to use them, and reducing their complex workings to clear prose.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Join<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Great career opportunityDatadog is undergoing explosive growth, but is not yet a household name. This is an opportunity to join a company that has already established itself as the leader in its field, but still early enough to have great impact.<\/li>\n<li>CultureWe are enthusiastic, humble, open, and precise. We value inclusivity, creativity, and collaboration.<\/li>\n<li>ImpactOur small team is central to one of Datadog\u2019s key growth strategies.<\/li>\n<li>Workplace perksYou\u2019ll be working alongside a group of friendly, talented engineers and marketers at our Flatiron office, which features a roof deck, high ceilings, and lots of light. Datadog provides a stocked fridge and catered lunches three days a week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/jobs.datadoghq.com\/apply\/gJiXxv\/Technical-Author.html We are building a team of writers within one of the fastest-growing startups in New York. We are looking for writers with coding skills&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}