Amazon
Tech Writer-Tech III - AMZ10358499
$126K–$170K
Portland, OR · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- Two years in the job offered or a related occupation with a Master’s degree; alternatively, five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience with a Bachelor’s degree. Two years required for each listed skill area.
- Education
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Technical Writing, or a related field; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in those fields with five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience.
About the job
Owns AWS service documentation strategy and produces, manages, and improves technical content, including through generative AI automation.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain API documentation, developer guides, tutorials, and best practices; establish documentation standards and publishing workflows.
- Lead complex documentation projects and launches, collaborate with technical and product teams, and mentor and review other writers.
- Measure content effectiveness using customer feedback and analytics, and develop AI-powered tools to improve documentation workflows.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Technical Writing, or a related field, plus two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in those fields plus five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience.
- Two years of experience writing or editing technical documentation using style guides and using content publishing tools.
- Two years of experience with XML content and content authoring tools, and writing developer-focused documentation for cloud services or APIs.
- Two years of experience with technical writing tools and content management systems, and using generative AI tools to optimize and accelerate technical writing.
Pay
USD 125,800/year to USD 170,200/year (base salary)
Tools
XML, generative AI tools, content publishing tools, content authoring tools, technical writing tools, content management systems
AI focus
Develop AI-powered automation to optimize documentation workflows and increase content production efficiency; integrate generative AI for content generation, documentation updates, and customer feedback analysis.
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