Technical Writer

Do you love creating high-impact content and agentic-compatible documentation for a global developer audience? Would you excel on a dynamic team enabling developers and AI agents to innovate using the Akamai Cloud platform? Join our Technical Writing team The Technical Writing team develops comprehensive documentation and references for developers and AI agents using the Akamai Cloud platform. Writers craft workflow guides, user-centric documentation, and detailed API references to enable developers and AI tools to utilize the platform effectively.

Help us deliver best-in-class documentation The Senior Technical Writer role involves collaborating with Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, and UX Designers to create detailed technical content. Responsibilities include developing materials centered around AI workloads, serverless Web Assembly runtimes, and distributed edge computing within the Akamai Cloud platform.

Creating, maintaining, and writing clear technical documentation, API references, and code samples describing Akamai's edge compute products for developers and AI agents.

Creating detailed how-to guides, reference architectures, and solution blueprints for agentic AI workflows, EdgeKV, microVM sandboxes, and serverless edge deployments.

Supporting developer tools and AI integrations across CLI utilities, IDE extensions (VS Code, Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code), and automated documentation frameworks.

Maintaining Akamai's technical communication standards while introducing innovative documentation guidelines for agentic AI and cloud computing ecosystems.

Possess excellent communication and writing skills in English Demonstrate expertise creating developer documentation using doc-as-code workflows, focusing on cloud infrastructure, Web Assembly/Spin, JavaScript/Type Script, or serverless edge computing. Demonstrate a robust writing portfolio showcasing detailed solution guides, agent-ready documentation, or developer tutorials for practical serverless and AI architectures. Demonstrate expertise in AI concepts and systems, translating complex technical architectures into actionable, seamless workflows for developers and AI agents.

Demonstrate excellent ability to communicate effectively in English through both written and verbal forms.

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