Manager, Technical Writer
MongoDB · Posted Oct 12
Modern database platform, cloud database-as-a-service, vector search, and developer data services
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About the role
The MongoDB Documentation team is a group of writers and engineers who develop and maintain the documentation for the MongoDB product family, helping human readers and AI successfully use MongoDB products. The team sits within the MongoDB Core Product organization and is tightly integrated with the engineering teams responsible for each product, covering the MongoDB data platform and MongoDB Atlas across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This role leads and grows a team of writers, prioritizes and plans documentation projects, drives AI-assisted writing and review workflows, and shapes the strategic vision for MongoDB docs.
What you will do
- Lead a technical writing team with opportunity for team growth
- Integrate with a highly collaborative, globally distributed group of documentation leaders to build a strong cross-functional documentation team
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Design, Developer Relations, and Product Marketing to ensure the documentation meets the needs of our users
- Guide the team's adoption of AI-assisted research, writing, and review workflows, ensuring quality and technical accuracy remain high
- Foster a positive and effective team culture
- Develop the writing, testing, and technical skills of the team through coaching
- Contribute feedback to the team through copy review and planning discussions
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product on the team’s roadmap
- Interview and hire talented writers for all areas of the MongoDB Docs team
- Advocate for users in everything your team produces
- Produce technically accurate and well-written documentation when time permits
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Candidates must have extensive technical writing experience and 2+ years of experience managing a team of technical writers, developer advocates, or other technical communications-focused roles.
- Is passionate about developing writing expertise on a team through reviews and mentorship
- Has experience prioritizing and planning documentation projects
- Works collaboratively with other documentation leaders and writers
- Grew a technical writing team through interviewing, hiring, and onboarding talented writers
- Has hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate documentation work
- Leverages sound editorial judgment to evaluate AI-generated content against source material for technical accuracy
- Possesses strong critical reading and writing skills
- Has experience with cloud and database technologies
- Is able to write code for technical examples in at least one programming language (e.g., C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript). Comfortable reading and interpreting code
Benefits and support
- employee affinity groups
- fertility assistance
- generous parental leave policy
About MongoDB
MongoDB is a modern, general-purpose database platform designed to unleash the power of software and data for developers and enterprises globally. Its flagship cloud database service, MongoDB Atlas, supports flexible document models, vector search, and transactional capabilities built for modern cloud and AI-driven workloads.
- Industry
- Database Software
- Company size
- 5741 employees
- Founded
- 2007
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $311M raised
- 2015-01-01Series F$80M
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Customer Officer
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