Documentation Platform Engineer

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About the role

  • Documentation Platform Engineer evolving Tailscale’s docs platform, pipelines, APIs, and search. Improving how customers and contributors discover and publish secure networking guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Continuously improve and evolve the documentation site for homelabbers, developers, enterprises, and their agents
  • Maintain and expand docs-as-code tooling and content publishing pipelines
  • Enable internal and external contributors to publish error-free content quickly
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and product teams to integrate documentation with the Tailscale platform
  • Partner with design, user research, and growth teams to move designs and features from experimentation to production
  • Shape and tune search and discovery infrastructure
  • Engage with open source contributors through GitHub discussions, issues, and pull requests
  • Monitor platform performance and maintain scalability for millions of visitors per month
  • Research documentation trends, experiment, and measure results

Requirements

  • Proven track record of building, extending, maintaining, and deploying documentation sites using static site generators such as Hugo or Docusaurus, or platforms built on NextJS, Astro, or similar tools
  • Familiarity with docs-as-code publication workflows
  • Understanding of documentation's impact on user awareness, adoption, and growth
  • Fluency in TypeScript/JavaScript and React
  • Comfort with Python, command-line interfaces, shell scripting, and Git
  • Proficiency with modern HTML and CSS and ability to implement provided designs
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and automation for content or documentation workflows
  • Ability to explain the impact and implications of LLMs as application-development tools and as consumers of published content

Benefits

  • An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self
  • A competitive total compensation package including a base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles)
  • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family
  • Remote-first work environment
  • Virtual and in-person social events
  • Corporate co-working program
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions matching contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of eligible compensation
  • Annual company retreat and team off-sites
  • $1500 USD annually for professional development
  • Mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities
  • Flexible paid time off program
  • Company-owned laptop (Mac or PC)
  • Monthly home internet reimbursement
  • $500 USD home office setup allowance
  • Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents
  • Accessible and inclusive hiring process with accommodations available

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$218,420 - CA$273,360 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

JavaScriptNext.jsOpen SourcePythonReactShell ScriptingTypeScript

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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