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full-timeSenior Developer Experience Writer
Ably30 · London
Ably provides infrastructure for real-time digital experiences, enabling developers to build interactive features like live chat, shared workspaces, and real-time data updates. As a Senior Developer Experience Writer, you will focus on scaling the quality and velocity of technical documentation through the strategic integration of AI. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve creating reusable AI prompts and templates to assist engineering teams in producing high-quality content, while simultaneously defining and upholding rigorous documentation standards. You will act as an editor and coach, ensuring that all technical guides, API references, and educational materials remain accurate, accessible, and aligned with the company's information architecture. This role requires a blend of technical writing expertise and a forward-thinking approach to documentation tooling. It is well-suited for a candidate with a strong background in creating developer-focused content who is eager to experiment with AI-driven workflows to improve content iteration, structure, and navigation for a global developer audience.
Our everyday digital experiences are in the middle of a realtime revolution: chatting alongside a livestream, getting realtime financial updates, or working with colleagues in a shared online space. Consumers now expect realtime as standard, and Ably powers a large part of it. We put developers first. Our products help teams build, extend, and deliver realtime digital experiences, delivering over 700 billion messages to more than 2 billion devices every month. Teams at HubSpot, Fin, Dialpad, NASCAR, Sportsbet, and General Motors all build on Ably. Working at Ably means helping build the infrastructure that will shape the next generation of the internet. More of what people do online is becoming live, shared and interactive, which only makes what we build more relevant and more necessary. AI is the latest place that shows up. There's still so much to build, and we'd like your help with it. About this role Thousands of developers around the world use Ably's SDKs and APIs to power realtime features in their applications. The Developer Experience team is responsible for ensuring that Ably is a platform that exemplifies great developer experience, and is a reference point that other companies aspire to. As our Senior Developer Experience Writer, you’ll be contributing directly to this goal; helping developers to quickly understand Ably, build confidently and ultimately succeed with the platform. At its core, this is an AI-focussed role; you’ll be in charge of setting up the foundations that empower engineers to produce first-class developer documentation with AI at scale. You’ll use AI to automate checks, maintain quality, and allow for rapid iteration in the content itself, as well as in the documentation platform. You’ll still be setting the standards for technical content across the business, and using your expertise to shape the information architecture. This is a modern take on technical writing; you’ll be using AI to both increase your own output, whilst also increasing the velocity of other contributors. The same core values still apply though - ensuring that users can quickly understand and succeed with Ably. Day to day you will Use AI to produce quality content. You’ll write reusable prompts and skills that docs contributors can use to ensure their content meets Ably’s quality standards. Define and uphold content standards . You'll help define what great looks like; from docs structure and style to making sure that PRs are always exceeding standards. You’ll leverage AI to check for technical accuracy, and make sure that content always assists developers in learning and succeeding with Ably in the fastest and easiest ways possible. Build engaging educational content templates. You’ll lead by example by producing reference content that others can use as a pattern to write similar content. This will be in the format of templates and skills that team members can leverage. Empower engineers to write great content . You'll coach and support engineering contributors to ensure that they’re always producing accurate, well-structured, developer-friendly content. Champion effective AI use . You'll promote the use of AI for efficiency, while maintaining a sharp eye for quality ensuring content meets editorial standards, is technically accurate, and is free from AI-generated patterns that undermine trust or clarity. Maintain and elevate the docs platform . You'll take responsibility for shaping the documentation platform's components, structure and tooling. This includes making sure content is logically structured, and easily navigable, and that it helps external developers understand Ably in new and exciting ways. We'd love to talk if you have Proven success creating technical content for developers, such as documentation, API references and guides; with a portfolio that others have visibly learned from. Experience reviewing and giving feedback on technical writing, with the ability to coach others to improve their craft. Experience and a desire to work in an AI-forward environment. Experience in automation, working with agents and producing quality content at scale is a bonus. Experience of using AI tools as a core part of your workf
| Role | Senior Developer Experience Writer |
|---|---|
| Company | Ably30 |
| Location | London |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 1ApplicationSubmit your resume through the apply link.
- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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