Technical Writer, Veeva
Developer Experience
$70-110k
Cloud-based software for life sciences
Posted today
Cloud-based software for life sciences
1001+ employees
Posted today
$70-110k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Building the Industry Cloud for Life Sciences
Role
Who you are
- Veeva is looking for a Developer Technical Writer with exceptional writing ability and solid technical competence to provide an engaging developer experience
- You're a developer, but you find yourself drawn to writing. You know enough to get yourself in trouble, and you’re curious to learn more. You’re no stranger to developer-help forums because you’ve used them for your own troubleshooting
- 3+ years of technical writing experience for a developer audience
- Post-graduate degree in technical communication, or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication (written and oral) and research skills
- Experience defining and adhering to editorial standards such as a style guide
- Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment with little direct supervision
- Ability to read sample code and where to incorporate it into documentation
- Experience using and documenting REST APIs, SQL, and/or SDKs
- Basic working knowledge of Git, Markdown, REST APIs, SQL, HTML and CSS
- Comfortable working in the terminal
- Comfortable reading and working with code
- Ability to manage your time effectively when faced with competing priorities
- Ability to work independently with little direct supervision
Desirable
- Basic working knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language, preferably Java
- Experience using JIRA, Jekyll and a CMS
- Working knowledge of the software development process and cloud software
- Experience in an agile software development environment
- Experience in writing for regulated industries
What the job involves
- Research and create high-quality developer-focused content
- Produce REST API, SDK, and SQL-like documentation for a developer audience
- Read and write code examples in curl, JSON, and Java
- Become a product expert and keep up with new features
- Be alert for opportunities to improve the existing documentation
- Ensure that new documentation maintains a consistent style, tone, and approach
- Work closely with software engineers and product development teams
Our take
Veeva was created out of a predicted need for cloud-based enterprise software at a time when this software was nascent, and when current systems were archaic and cumbersome to use. By focusing on the life sciences sector, the company fills a niche to help some of the most operationally complex businesses run efficiently.
Veeva has managed to position itself as the go-to solution for large and growing companies in the life sciences sector by offering fully comprehensive cloud solutions that support the most critical functions from R&D to commercial.
The company has over 800 customers, ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, such as AstraZeneca, to emerging biotechs. For future growth, Veeva looks to the continual development of its services and expansion of its customer base. Its 2024 launch of the Veeva Compass Suite for commercial data products gives a more comprehensive view of patient information and exemplifies how Veeva is strengthening its product to meet future challenges.
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Company benefits
- Fitness and wellness reimbursement
- 2% salary towards personal development
- Childcare vouchers
- Work anywhere
- Home internet reimbursement
Company values
- Do the Right Thing
- Customer Success
- Employee Success
- Speed
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
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Leadership
Matt Wallach
(Board Member)Previously Chief Marketing Officer at Health Market Science for 2 years and General Manager - Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology at Siebel Systems for 5 years.
Peter Gassner
(CEO)Previously Staff Developer at IBM for 5 years and SVP of Technology at salesforce.com for 2 years
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Veeva
Eric Seburyamo (Chief Diversity Officer)
- Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity Makes Us Stronger It brings forth diverse perspectives and new ideas, and fuels innovation. Diversity also makes Veeva an exciting and fun place to work. Diversity comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, and life experience shape us all into unique people. At Veeva, we respect the individual first and value our people for who they are and their unique contributions they bring to our teams. Veeva strives to foster a culture of inclusion where everyone feels comfortable being their true selves and can do their best work.
- Diversity Communities: Our people shape Veeva culture. As part of our commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion, Veeva has launched the Veeva Diversity Communities. The employee-led communities are actively involved in Veeva’s efforts to grow a diverse workforce, raise awareness of social issues and celebrate our global team's diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Company-wide webinars focused on Diversity and Inclusion: We produce webinars and fireside chats highlighting inspiring people inside and outside of Veeva on topics related to diversity, inclusion, and leadership.
- Internal training for managers focused on Diversity and Inclusion We developed an internal training focused on key concepts for executing our diversity and inclusion goals. The training focuses on: Why diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to workplace success for both you and your team Best practices for incorporating diversity and inclusion into our hiring and team development processes How biases, stereotypes and microaggressions can impact the employee experience Actionable steps you can take to practice inclusive leadership
- Talent Attraction: Expanding our talent attraction efforts and training our talent attraction team to ensure we are engaging with a diverse talent pipeline to better our chances of hiring the best people
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