Technical Writer, Offchain Labs

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Solidity
Mid level
Remote in US
Offchain Labs

Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution

Open for applications

Offchain Labs

Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution

21-100 employees

FintechB2CB2BCryptocurrencyBlockchainWeb 3.0

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Solidity
Mid level
Remote in US

21-100 employees

FintechB2CB2BCryptocurrencyBlockchainWeb 3.0

Company mission

Offchain Labs' mission is to make Blockchain better.

Role

Who you are

  • 3+ years of professional experience producing developer documentation
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • Familiarity with Ethereum, Layer 2 scaling solutions, and decentralized application development
  • A love for making complex technical information easier to understand
  • A proactive approach to problem-solving and a keen eye for detail
  • Strong collaboration and written/verbal communication skills

Desirable

  • Degree in Computer Science, English, Writing, Journalism, Communications or related
  • 1+ year(s) of project management and/or product management experience
  • 1+ year(s) of experience working professionally with blockchain, web3, crypto, L2 scaling solutions, rollups, smart contracts, or related technologies
  • Experience working with or contributing to open-source projects in the blockchain/crypto/web3 space
  • Experience developing smart contracts with Solidity or similar languages
  • Familiarity with decentralized systems, consensus algorithms, and cryptography

What the job involves

  • As part of the Technical Writing team at Offchain Labs, you'll get to work with leaders in the blockchain space, solving novel technical, economic, and social challenges
  • Our Technical Writing team is responsible for producing and maintaining documentation that supports Arbitrum's product portfolio, including Arbitrum chains, the Arbitrum bridge, Arbitrum nodes, and Prysm
  • Work directly with Offchain's lead technical writer and subject matter experts to produce developer documentation targeted at specific problems and specific reader audiences
  • Help our team measure and improve our documentation and documentation systems
  • Drive internal adoption of conventions that help our team produce high-quality developer documentation
  • Determine the Technical Writing team's priorities by continuously monitoring the needs of the business, internal stakeholders, and customers
  • Work autonomously in an environment that expects and rewards initiative and self-management without cumbersome Agile ceremonies
  • Develops workflows and guidelines (drafting and editing processes, user experience pattern guidelines, terminology guidance, style guidance) that help the team produce high-quality content in partnership with writers
  • Delivers code and samples to meet validated developer needs
  • Experiments with interactive content components that delight readers and drive engagement
  • Manages the contributions of subject matter experts
  • Captures feedback from readers and shares this feedback with relevant stakeholders
  • Collaborates with stakeholders to improve documentation based on reader feedback
  • Ensures that our documentation is customer-focused and that our content prioritizes customers' validated needs
  • Manages relationships and expectations with stakeholders
  • Helps stakeholders build technical writing confidence
  • Continuously recalibrates documentation priorities against stakeholder needs
  • Advocates for the importance of documentation and documentation standards
  • Uses documentation to support customer onboarding and developer activation goals
  • You’ll be involved in these areas but won’t be directly responsible for everything here

Our take

The Ethereum blockchain has seen a surge in activity over the past year or so - but, much to users' frustration, its transaction volume has failed to scale accordingly, leading to hefty gas fees and slow transaction times. Offchain Labs is one of a few players developing Layer 2 rollup solutions, and its Arbitrum rollup has gathered substantial momentum and support in a relatively short time.

Offchain Labs’ Arbitrum claims to offer all the benefits of a rollup - less costly, more efficient - without compromising on security. It is, at the time of writing, the only scaling solution for Ethereum that has working fraud proofs, and at the end of 2021 was dominating the layer 2 rollup market share.

This kind of high profile and superior efficacy is what determines a successful blockchain technology. With Offchain Labs’ leadership pedigree, it’s no surprise the company is leading rollup innovation efforts. This sector, however, moves a lightning speed - and the competing ZK rollups are by no means out of the picture just yet.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

82% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Aug 2021

$120m

SERIES B

Apr 2021

$20m

SERIES A

Total funding: $143.7m

Company benefits

  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Environment geared toward brainstorming and learning
  • Generous paid time off - everyone needs to recharge!

Company HQ

Princeton, NJ

Leadership

A Princeton PhD graduate in Computer Science, who also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell Tech.

Ed Felten

(Chief Scientist)

A retired Princeton professor of Comp Sci & Public Affairs, who formerly worked as Deputy United States CTO at the White House.

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