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Position/ Job Title:Technical Writer
Company Name: Randstad Technologies
Job Status: Full Time
Work Experience: Not Specified
Salary: Not Mentioned

Location: Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Post Date: 01-23-2012
Exp Date: 02-22-2012

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About the company:

Wireless Generation creates innovative tools, systems, and services that help educators teach smarter. With its mobile assessment software, the company invented a better way to give classroom assessments and make data-based instructional decisions. Now Wireless Generation has broken new ground with technology that analyzes student data and customizes curriculum to individual learning needs. Wireless Generation also builds large-scale data systems that centralize student data and give educators and parents unprecedented visibility into learning. A Web 2.0 collaboration and knowledge network for educators propagates proven approaches across schools. Wireless Generation currently serves more than 200,000 educators and 3 million students. More information is available at www.WirelessGeneration.com

Technical Writer

Job Description:
Wireless Generation is building a next generation data store and web service infrastructure that will empower a new ecosystem of innovative, data-driven, education-focused applications. We seek a Technical Writer to write internal and end-user documentation that engages educators, gives developers the information to build and understand complex data and web service-driven systems, and provides IT professionals the necessary context to integrate with and develop against those systems.

Responsibilities of the Technical Writer:

Writing end-user documentation that engages educators and answers their questions about system usage
Writing, formatting, and editing user materials, technical documentation, and Wiki pages to promote clarity, accuracy, and Wireless Generation style
Developing functional specification documentation
Creating API documentation and data dictionaries
Creating and editing graphics using screen capture utilities and Adobe Photoshop or similar tools
Generating help builds and working with developers and quality assurance to ensure correct, proper integration
Managing each documents or help projects lifecycle with efficiency and accuracy, maintaining and updating multiple branches as necessary

Requirements of the Technical Writer:

Four-year degree with concentration in Computer Science, Journalism, Communications, or English followed by at least 2 years developing technical and end-user documentation (candidates are expected to provide samples and complete a writing test)
Experience documenting developer and/or IT-facing materials, including data dictionaries, API specifications, and technical How-To guides
Experience working with source code documentation tools, such as Javadoc and Sphinx, as well as a rudimentary ability to read and understand source code in languages such as Java, C#, and/or Python
Experience with help development kits, publication management tools, and wiki technologies a must; experience with HTML programming a plus
Meticulous attention to detail, commitment to producing quality products, and the ability to set and meet tight deadlines
Excellent organizational skills along with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
An understanding of the challenges teachers face as new technology is deployed in the classroom is a plus

Wireless Generation provides relocation assistance and encourages the applications of qualified candidates requiring employment visa sponsorship.

This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds

Wireless Generation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

Randstad Technologies is an EOE-M/F/V/D and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Randstad Holding nv, an $18.8 billion global provider of professional employment services and the second largest staffing organization in the world.

Source: Technical Writer - CareerBuilder.com