[Hiring] Lead Technical Writer @Mercor

Role Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Software Engineering Documents

Type: Contract

Compensation: $80–$100/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Source high-quality, human-made software engineering documents.
• Review and provide feedback on:
  • PRD
  • Architecture/RFC
  • API spec
  • Design review
  • Migration plan
  • Incident postmortem
  • Runbook/SOP
  • Customer technical proposal
  • Release/change plan
• Ensure documents include features like diagrams, code/config snippets, decision tables, ownership/status tables, and RFC-style hierarchy.
• Maintain authenticity with real-world professional work only; exclude synthetic documents and data.
• Guarantee visual quality with polished typography, consistent margins, and clear hierarchy suitable for external, executive, legal, or investor use.
• Ensure documents reflect substantial effort, plausibly representing 5-10+ hours of work.

Qualifications

• Ability to create and share original material with legal rights.
• Ensure removal of all PII, confidential information, and sensitive material.

Company Description

For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome

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