Technical Writer
Pubblicato il 04-10-2026 - Percona in Padova
We are looking for a talented and flexible Technical Writer to join one of our distributed open-source software development teams. You will work on the PostgreSQL database and related components, in close collaboration with our dedicated PostgreSQL team.
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL brings together essential enterprise components from the broader PostgreSQL open-source community into a single, integrated distribution designed and tested to ensure compatibility.
You will represent our voice to our technical customers and provide complete, clear documentation for our PostgresSQL products. We seek someone committed to delivering consistent, high-quality, and on-time documentation, whether in the form of guides, user manuals, help files, or man pages. You should be comfortable working in version-controlled environments, as we adopt a docs-as-code methodology.
You will be embedded in the PostgreSQL team, but also working alongside the Product Documentation team,
which comprises several technical writers dedicated to developing a scalable documentation strategy that drives user adoption and effective use of our products. You are expected to collaborate with the other writers as we aim to continuously improve our practices.
Location/time zoneRemote work from home. Open to worldwide candidates, but the team median is UTC-2, so we recommend candidates operate within +/- 4 hours of this baseline.
What you will do
- Create all technical documentation from install/configuration/troubleshooting guides, how-tos, user manuals, man pages, to --help prompts
- Participate in team ceremonies. Collaborate with the Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Devs, and QA to output high-quality documentation
- Use text, markdown, images, and diagrams to ensure that audiences of all experience levels can extract value from our documentation
- Leverage AI tooling to quickly draft, polish, format, and refine content
- Maintain documentation versioning and be a contributor to our overall do