Who are we and what do we do?
BrowserStack is the world's leading software testing platform powering over two million tests every day across 19 global data centers. BrowserStack's products help developers build bug-free software for the 5 billion internet users accessing websites and mobile applications through millions of combinations of digital environments—devices, browsers, operating systems, and versions. We help Tesco, Shell, NVIDIA, Discovery, Wells Fargo, and over 50,000 customers deliver quality software at speed by moving testing to our Cloud.
With BrowserStack, Dev and QA teams can move fast while delivering an amazing experience for every customer.BrowserStack was founded by Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal in 2011 with the vision of becoming the testing infrastructure for the internet. We recently secured $200 million in Series B funding at a $4 billion valuation in June 2021.At BrowserStack we solve real problems—each day is a unique challenge and an opportunity to make a difference. We strive to be open, transparent, and collaborative, so no feat is too big to achieve. BrowserStack is an extension of its people and a place where they can grow both professionally and personally.
To that effect, we’re humbled to be recognized by leading organizations around the world:
BrowserStack is Great Place to Work-Certified™ 2020-21
Named “SaaS Startup of the Year” in 2022 by SaaSBOOMi
Ranked in Forbes Cloud 100 in 2021 - for the second time
Featured in LinkedIn Top Startups India 2018
A Senior Technical Writer at BrowserStack:
- Builds high-quality technical content in easy-to-understand plain, clear, and simple language in an attempt to continuously improve BrowserStack documentation
- Creates templates for other writers to leverage
- Contributes to setting process and building the style guide
- Independently owns the documentation roadmap for assigned BrowserStack products
- Works with Product Managers, the Design team, and Engineering to build documentation for their product
- Develops a solid understanding of the product by trying, testing, and simulating user behavior with the content
- Sets up IDEs and debugs a few lines of code
- Translates code snippets in one programming language to other programming
languages.
- Peer review other writer's work
Requirements :
Technical Skills:
- A solid understanding of computer science fundamentals
- 3-7 years of experience in building technical developer documentation in technology companies
- Sound knowledge of version control tools like Git, software development lifecycle, DevOps tools like Jenkins and test practices (does not have to be in a professional context)
- Comfortable with IDEs (VSCode), APIs, and programming language (any) to understand the concepts and convert to user-understandable formats
- Can read and understand code in any one language. Should be able to use tools like Google to translate code into other languages
- Has working experience of Markdown
- Impeccable writing and editing skill
Soft Skills:
- Be a team player - work with our world-class engineers and designers to come up with creative and elegant solutions to complex problems.
- Great communication and collaboration skills
- Should be able to mentor junior writers and help eliminate roadblocks
We believe in direct ownership of ideas and responsibilities in an environment where you get to learn a wide array of bleeding-edge skills. We're looking for talented, passionate, and creative people, willing to give their 100 per cent to building a high-class web product.
Benefits:
In addition to your total compensation, you will be eligible for following benefits, which will be governed by the Company policy:
Medical insurance for self, spouse, upto 2 dependent children and Parents or Parents-in-law up to INR 5,00,000
Gratuity as per payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
Unlimited Time Off to ensure our people invest in their wellbeing, to rest and rejuvenate, spend quality time with family and friends
Remote-First work environment that allows our people to work from anywhere in India
Remote-First Benefit for home office setup, connectivity, accessories, co-working spaces, wellbeing to ensure an amazing remote work experience
