The Senior Technical Writer, API Docs will be the primary architect for developer-facing content at Addepar, focusing on creating and maintaining world-class API documentation. This role sits at the intersection of technical writing and innovation with AI-powered tools, ensuring developer resources are accurate, complete, and up to date.
What You'll Do
- Take full ownership of developers.addepar.com, performing regular audits to ensure every endpoint and guide is accurate and functional.
- Create high-impact documentation for new features, consolidate redundant information, and proactively archive deprecated content to reduce technical debt.
- Rigorously test API documentation against live environments to verify accuracy, ensuring code snippets and examples work as intended.
- Evaluate and implement strategies to leverage AI and automation tools that keep content updated in real-time.
- Become the internal expert on ReadMe’s suite of AI tools.
- Implement best practices for automated API documentation and leverage AI-driven insights to improve the developer experience.
- Establish workflows that follow automated API documentation guidance to ensure the 'completeness' of our technical library.
- Work closely with Engineers and Product Managers to translate complex technical specifications into clear, concise, and developer-friendly documentation.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience writing API documentation (RESTful, GraphQL, etc.)
- Comfortable reading code (Python, Java, or similar) and using developer tools like Postman, GitHub, and CLI environments
- Deep experience with ReadMe or similar documentation platforms
- Knowledge of Markdown and 'docs-as-code' workflows is essential
- A forward-thinking mindset regarding AI
- Familiarity with LLMs and how structured documentation feeds into AI-driven support and development tools
- An obsessive eye for detail
- Ability to distill highly complex backend logic into simple, actionable guidance for external partners
- Ability to manage varied workloads and tight timelines, communicating across multiple time zones
- High emotional intelligence. People enjoy working with you!
- An inspiring portfolio that showcases how you approach API documentation
Technical Stack
RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Python, Java, Postman, GitHub, CLI environments, ReadMe, Markdown, AI tools, LLMs, docs-as-code
Team & Environment
This role reports to the Head of Design for Platform Adoption and is part of a collaborative team focused on platform adoption and developer experience.
Benefits & Compensation
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
- Equal opportunity employer
Compensation: $87,000 - $109,000 (base salary), equity, and bonus
Work Mode
Applicants must be based in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Ontario.
Addepar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We seek to bring together diverse ideas, experiences, skill sets, perspectives, backgrounds and identities to drive innovative solutions. We commit to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility.
