As Purism SPC grows, so does the developer community and a technical writer is needed to keep up with the external technical documentation needs. If you enjoy writing technical documentation for large engaged audiences, please apply. These roles are full-time and remote with a decentralized team across many time zones.

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Scope of work (i.e. what you have to worry about)

We are looking for a team member with experience and a passion for technical writing.

Primary objectives:

• Write technical tutorials for users to navigate their Purism hardware, software, and services.
• Write developer documentation for application submission and developer account creation and management process.
• Have the ability to run and lightly test applications developed within the team to be able to document their behaviors.
• Update and maintain existing documentation as needed.
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the Purism team to include their feedback on documentation changes.
• Work collaboratively with community members to accept community contributions to the documentation as needed.

Secondary objectives:

• Being comfortable working asynchronously and via written instruction with freedom respecting tools like email, Gitlab, and Matrix chat.
• Prior experience with Debian-based distributions, Flatpak, and the GNOME desktop would be a plus.
• Previous experience in free/libre software is not required, but a willingness to engage in ethical software development is.

Some details for applying

Please use this template as your email:

• Subject line: “Technical Writer – your_name_here”
• List what you’re good at, or what you would like to help us with.
• Tell us how you got good at it, or how you’d like to help us.
• Let us know why would you like to be involved with Purism?

Please note that it will take some weeks for us to review applicants and get back to you.