Lead Technical Writer, Platform Content Experience

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Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure

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The Platform Content Experience (CX) team is responsible for the innovative content that makes it easier for customers to build and manage Salesforce experiences. We create Help topics, developer guides, release notes, videos, Trailhead modules, and more. We're seeking a Lead Technical Writer to create content for Salesforce's AppExchange, the leading enterprise cloud marketplace with more than 9,000 pre-built and customizable apps to extend Salesforce.

You're an excellent match if you're an experienced technical writer who is passionate about customer success and using cutting-edge technology to achieve business goals. You'll work on new and existing content in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with a team of other writers in an Agile work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Work with your team and stakeholders to determine direction and priorities for your content area and make smart tradeoffs when those priorities evolve.

• Champion a user-centric approach to content development, ensuring your content is intuitive, findable, and meets the needs of your varied audiences.

• Create a variety of content types aligned with CX guidelines, as required for customer success.

• Track and report on work to provide visibility and alignment across the team and to stakeholders.

• Monitor content performance to identify opportunities for content and process improvement.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5+ years of experience creating software documentation

• Demonstrated English writing skills for a technical audience, with writing samples

• Great people and communication skills and a strong team player

• Focus on quality and details, with the ability to learn new technologies quickly

• Comfort with working on multiple projects at once

• Experience with source control software such as GitHub and markup languages such as Markdown

• Experience with generative AI and LLM-based solutions and authoring environments such as Visual Studio Code or Oxygen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a STEM field, English, Journalism, or similar

Desired Skills/Experience:

• Experience with app marketplaces

• Experience writing for an independent software vendor (ISV) audience

• Experience with collaboration tools such as Slack

• Familiarity with Salesforce products, ecosystem, and infrastructure

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando your best. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future - but to redefine what's possible - for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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