Cloud Software Engineer/ Technical Writer

Job description

If you are an information development / technical writer professional who is willing to embrace a bold new way of approaching user content, this may be a perfect fit. We, in IBM Cloud and Watson, are on the forefront of IBM's conversational style approach to content with a very strong emphasis on the user experience.

Auto req ID

192791BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Software Engineer
State / Province

TEXAS
Primary job category

Software Development & Support
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

Hybrid Cloud
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

DALLAS
EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  1+ years relevant work experience
·  Excellent writing skills; even stronger research skills. Candidates for this position must be able to synthesize information from a multitude of resources and pull all relevant information together into a comprehensive deliverable.
·  Experience with progressive disclosure and writing embedded assistance.
·  Proven use of markup languages, such as DITA, while creating topic-based information that meets audience requirements.
·  Knowledge of information development processes and tools (IDWB, IDCMS and oXygen), run local builds, and troubleshoot build issues.
·  Experience in collaborating with Design and Development in creating embedded assistance.
·  Experience working in an Agile or continuous delivery development environment.
·  Ability to work independently, while maintaining an extremely strong sense of responsibility and commitment to teamwork.
·  Ability to juggle multiple parallel assignments while adapting to, planning for, and reacting to constant change.
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  Experience creating conversational style writing
·  Knowledge of MarkDown, HTML 5
·  Knowledge of GitHub
·  Experience documenting APIs
·  Skills at defining, estimating, planning, and managing projects
·  Familiarity with IBM Bluemix
·  Basic knowledge in ability to apply Design Thinking to writing tasks
·  Basic knowledge in understanding SEO concepts and how readers find and use content
·  Basic programming experience in any of the following languages: Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, Swift, Go, ObjectiveC
Secondary Job Category

Other Software Development & Support
Eligibility Requirements

None
Position Type

Early Professional
New Collar Role

No