Lead Technical Writer for RAD Studio

EMBARCADERO TECHNOLOGIES

05-02-2010 | EXPIRA LA 11-02-2010

Job expirat

RESPONSABILITATI

Supervisory Responsibilities
Clearly communicate plans and status to team members and managers
Collaborate with peers and managers to prioritize activities
Interface the team with the offshore reviewers
Share technical knowledge and help team members to solve the tasks
Train new writers in how to use systems, processes
Help in the recruiting process with technical expertise

Responsibilities and Activities
White box investigation. Analyze code, develop code and document functionality
Write accurate reference materials about products APIs, like help system, user guides, design specifications
Write concise tasks, procedures, and tutorials describing how to use software products
Write sample code to illustrate features
Use applications and read their code to document
Fix defects and supply enhancements to the documentation on an ongoing basis
Write sample code to illustrate features
Use some or all of the following tools as part of the work
XML editor (Oxygen, others)
HTML editor (Dreamweaver, others)
Source control (Subversion)
Defect tracker (Bugzilla, Jira)


CERINTE

Graduate degree in Computer Science or Mathematics or equivalent analytical experience
Ability to write and communicate clear, concise, correct, technical English
Experience in leading a team to achieve goals
Communication and teamwork skills to work with a globally distributed team
Can read and understand programming languages and frameworks such as Delphi and C++,
Good OOP fundamentals understanding,
Driven to solve technical problems
Passionate for showing people how things work
Enjoys investigating and asking questions
Technical writing experience strongly preferred
Understanding of software and/or documentation quality assurance methodologies preferred
Understanding of Agile development process is a plus
Education in general management is a plus


DESCRIEREA FIRMEI

Embarcadero Technologies Romania is the Iasi-based R&D center of Embarcadero Technologies Inc. It was started in 2006 and it is now the one of the largest IT companies in Iasi, being responsible for some of the best development and database tools in the entire industry (as JBuilder, C++ Builder, RAD Studio, DBArtisan, Delphi, ER/Studio to name just few of the 16 projects we deal with in Iasi).

Founded in 1993, Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices located around the world.

Embarcadero serves more than three million users in thousands of companies and organizations worldwide. From independent software vendors, systems integrators and value added resellers to government organizations, OEMs, and IT and R&D groups within large enterprise teams, Embarcadero tools empower developers and database professionals to design things right, build them faster, optimize and run them better. Embarcadero products are used in the most demanding vertical industries in 29 countries and by more than 97% of the Global 2000 world’s biggest companies.

For more information about our company and products please visit www.embarcadero.com. If you are interested, please send us your resume or ask questions about all open job opportunities in Iasi at careers.ro[at]embarcadero.com. Only selected candidates will be contacted.