Senior Technical Writer, Cash Commerce

2 months ago


San Francisco, California, United States Cash App Full time

Company Description
It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 47 million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world's relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.
Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We've been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy.
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Job Description
The Commerce team is committed to bringing financial freedom to all our customers. Our team is at the core of Cash App's mission-redefining the world's relationship with money. We're making Cash App and Afterpay the most loved way to pay for buyers and sellers by designing commerce and payment services that are more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.
As a senior member of our technical writing team, you will own and maintain the end-to-end developer documentation lifecycle for our external partners including:

  • Project managing developer documentation initiatives from concept to launch, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (Marketing, Sales Engineering, Product, & Legal) to define documentation requirements, sequence project milestones, and coordinate launch timelines.
  • Writing clear, comprehensive guides for new features/products, as well as maintaining our existing documentation.
  • Drive content strategy by becoming familiar with our products and onboarding experiences through Sales Engineering & Product.
  • Establish team processes around documenting new products and features.

See our developer documentation portals to get a sense of what you'll be working on: Cash App Pay , Afterpay .
Qualifications
You have:

  • ~8 years of experience writing, editing, and planning API-based product documentation.
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple, complex efforts simultaneously, such as the launch of new documentation resources, large-scale documentation audits, and cross-functional initiatives.
  • Excellent skills in documentation design and effective information architecture.
  • Experience producing documentation for modern software products that involve API integrations.
  • Experience publishing content with static site generators and managing docs as code.
  • Experience mentoring and supporting other team members through project management and task prioritization.
  • Mastery of Markdown.
  • Ability to thrive in an environment where self-learning and self-service is encouraged and instilled as a part of our culture.

Even better:

  • Comfortable learning new mediums for creating content, such as flowchart generators and AI-based tools.
  • Conceptual familiarity with HTML, CSS, git, APIs, and/or Javascript libraries.
  • Familiarity with fintech or payments.
  • Distributed work; especially in collaboration with others across countries and time zones.

Additional Information
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Zone A: USD $148,700 - USD $223,100
Zone B: USD $141,300 - USD $211,900
Zone C: USD $133,800 - USD $200,800
Zone D: USD $126,400 - USD $189,600
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Full-time employee benefits include the following:

  • Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
  • Retirement Plans including company match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
  • Paid parental and caregiving leave
  • Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
  • Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
  • Learning and Development resources
  • Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page .
Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.
While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate.



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