Sr Technical Writer

About Couchbase

Couchbase, the operational data platform for AI, empowers businesses to succeed by bringing data to life in new ways. Major market-leading companies rely on Couchbase for mission critical operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads. Built to replace legacy infrastructure and fragmented data services, Couchbase empowers enterprises with a unified platform architected for performance, flexibility and global scale.

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The Role: Sr Technical Writer at Couchbase

Couchbase is seeking a Sr Technical Writer to join the team at our Bangalore office.

This role involves bolstering our documentation across all products with a focus on utilising GenAI in the writing workflow. Applicants must be able to demonstrate ability to use common AI platforms to boost their productivity while remaining responsible for documentation quality. This role has a focus on a developer skillset who can use their expertise to direct tools to create better documentation and then verify the output. It requires heavy interaction with engineering teams and PMs to understand user needs, use cases and the product itself.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical documentation writing tasks
• Leverage AI to improve documentation efficiency and quality
• Guide the team on GEO and GenAI writing, tooling and integrations
• Work with other teams to integrate or manage access to docs assets
• Present to the team to level up their skillsets with GenAI

Specific Skills Required

• 4+ years of experience in technical writing, preferably in a database-focused role.
• 3+ years of experience in an engineering or cloud ops role with significant AI involvement (AI involvement for that last 18 months at least)
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing agentic applications
• Proficient with Git, docs-as-code and static sites
• Proficient with GitHub, AWS, Azure, VSCode
• Experience using GenAI to improve documentation
• Experience with API documentation
• Proficient in Python and at least 1 other modern language

Why Couchbase?

Modern customer experiences need a flexible cloud database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase’s mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and consume modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers– all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications and build innovative new ones. See our recent awards to learn why Couchbase is a great place to work.

We are honored to be a part of the Best Places to Work Award for the Bay Area and the UK. Couchbase offers a total rewards approach to benefits that recognizes the value you create here, so that you in turn may best serve yourself and your family. Some benefits include:

• Generous Time Off Program - Flexibility to care for you and your family
• Wellness Benefits - A variety of world class medical plans to choose from, along with dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance programs*
• Financial Planning - Retirement program* and Business Travel Insurance
• Career Growth - Be valued, Create value approach
• Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.
• And much more!

Note: some programs are not applicable to all countries. Please discuss with a Couchbase recruiter to learn more.

Key Skills/Competency

• Technical Documentation
• Generative AI (GenAI)
• Developer Experience
• API Documentation
• Git & Docs-as-Code
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Python Programming
• Database Technologies
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Content Strategy