Content Engineer, Developer Documentation

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $116,000–$189,750 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago

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This role $153k

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This role pays less than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$213,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Content Engineer, Developer Documentation

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As a Documentation Engineer / Technical Writer at this innovative company, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of developer documentation for assigned products, from initial requirements to long-term maintenance. This hands-on role involves collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, QA, and support teams to ensure accurate and timely documentation that developers can trust. You will build and maintain a docs-as-code platform, enhancing repository structure, CI checks, and automation to scale quality with product velocity. Key responsibilities include identifying documentation gaps, improving workflows, and contributing code to refine documentation processes. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in technical writing or similar roles, proficiency in Git-based workflows, Markdown, reStructuredText, and modern documentation platforms like Fern. Strong editing skills, information architecture expertise, and the ability to validate technical examples are essential, along with scripting knowledge for automation tasks.

Skills

Git Markdown reStructuredText Fern Sphinx Python JavaScript API documentation SDK documentation CI/CD Docker GitHub Actions Terraform AWS Kubernetes PostgreSQL GraphQL

What you'll do

Own and maintain comprehensive product documentation from requirements through publication.
Extract technical knowledge from engineers and validate accuracy for developer trust.
Build and improve the docs-as-code platform to enhance repository structure and workflows.
Identify and resolve documentation gaps, broken flows, and quality issues proactively.
Contribute code, refine CI processes, and design efficient documentation workflows.

What we're looking for

Proven track record in technical writing, documentation engineering, or developer documentation roles with at least 5 years of experience.
Comfortable working in docs-as-code environments using Git-based workflows and modern documentation platforms like Fern.
Strong collaboration skills to work independently and balance priorities across multiple repositories.
Excellent editing, information architecture, and content design skills combined with technical depth for validating examples and workflows.
Experience documenting APIs, SDKs, developer workflows, or infrastructure-level products.
Background in extending or maintaining large-scale documentation platforms, static site generators, or custom doc tooling.
Basic scripting or automation experience applied to documentation pipelines, validation, or reference generation.

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