Senior Technical Writer

Highnote

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$150,000–$200,000 / yr
Posted
75 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Highnote

Highnote is a modern card platform providing embedded card issuing and program management solutions to fintechs, banks, and brands looking to launch differentiated card products. Industry: Financial Technology & Card Issuing

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Writer

JOB TITLE: Senior Technical Writer The Senior Technical Writer joins the Developer Experience team to own developer documentation for card issuing, acquiring, and money movement. This role involves creating API documentation, reference guides, and tutorials while establishing the voice, tone, and style standards for the platform. You will collaborate with engineers and product managers to build AI workflows for drafting and reviewing documentation, ensuring content scales as the product grows. Key requirements include experience with docs-as-code using Markdown or MDX in a static site generator, versioned in git, and proficiency with branches, pull requests, and CI. You must be able to read API schemas to write valid requests against GraphQL and REST/OpenAPI. Scripting in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python is a bonus for this payments-focused role.

What you'll do

  • Own the API documentation, including reference guides, developer tutorials, and guides.
  • Establish the voice, tone, and style standards for all technical documentation.
  • Build and refine AI workflows to draft, review, and sync documentation with the API.
  • Structure documentation architecture to ensure it scales alongside product growth.
  • Develop a deep understanding of card issuing, acquiring, and money movement processes.
  • Define and monitor metrics to measure documentation quality and inform future improvements.
  • Write valid requests against GraphQL schemas and REST/OpenAPI specifications.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience across technical documentation and software as a writer, docs engineer, or engineer.
  • Experience with docs-as-code using Markdown or MDX in a static site generator versioned in git.
  • Ability to work with engineering workflows including branches, pull requests, and CI.
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining AI-backed documentation tooling for generation, review, or drift checks.
  • Ability to read an API schema and write valid requests against it, specifically for GraphQL and REST/OpenAPI.
  • Strong writing skills tailored for a developer audience.
  • Scripting in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
  • Experience in fintech, payments, or card-issuing (preferred).

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