Technical Writer Expert
Technical Writer Expert
Remote | Contractor | $45-$90/hour
Annualized Equivalent: $93,600-$187,200/year based on 40 hours/week
Fully Remote | Fully Async | Flexible Schedule
About the Role
We are seeking experienced Technical Writers to contribute expert-level evaluation and training data for advanced AI systems.
In this role, you will apply your technical writing expertise to review, create, and rank documentation designed to help AI models explain complex technical systems clearly, accurately, and effectively.
You will evaluate AI-generated API references, how-to guides, release notes, and user documentation for accuracy, structure, clarity, and adherence to documentation best practices. You will also create expert demonstrations based on your own professional experience.
The work is fully remote and asynchronous, allowing you to choose when and how much you work.
What You’ll Do
- Evaluate AI-generated technical documentation for: Accuracy
- Structure
- Clarity
- Completeness
- Technical correctness
- Review documentation covering complex technical systems and workflows.
- Create expert demonstrations of: API references
- How-to guides
- Release notes
- User documentation
- Develop documentation examples based on your own professional technical writing practice.
- Rank and label AI-generated responses against established documentation best practices.
- Identify unclear explanations, structural problems, inaccuracies, and other documentation quality issues.
- Provide clear and structured evaluations of AI-generated documentation.
Documentation Areas
The work may involve evaluating or creating:
- API Documentation
- API References
- How-To Guides
- Technical Guides
- Release Notes
- User Documentation
- Developer Documentation
- Technical Manuals
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of professional technical writing experience.
- Portfolio demonstrating documentation you have owned, such as: API documentation
- Technical guides
- Manuals
- Release notes
- Ability to explain complex technical systems clearly and accurately.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Ability to evaluate technical documentation objectively for accuracy, structure, and clarity.
- Ability to identify weaknesses in AI-generated technical explanations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with software, API, or developer documentation.
- Fluency with docs-as-code workflows, including: Markdown
- Git
- Static site generators
- STC certification.
- Technical degree.
Core Skills
- Technical Writing
- Documentation
- API Documentation
- Developer Documentation
- Technical Communication
- Documentation Evaluation
- Documentation Standards
- Markdown
- Git
- Docs-as-Code
Engagement Details
- Employment Type: Contractor
- Compensation: $45-$90/hour
- Annualized Equivalent: $93,600-$187,200/year based on 40 hours/week
- Work Arrangement: Fully remote
- Schedule: Fully asynchronous
- Flexibility: Choose when and how much you work
Why This Opportunity
- Work fully remotely on a flexible, asynchronous schedule.
- Apply your professional technical writing expertise to advanced AI evaluation and training.
- Help improve how AI systems explain complex technical systems and documentation.
- Contribute expert knowledge based on real-world documentation practices.
- Work on evaluations involving APIs, technical guides, release notes, and user-facing documentation.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means consistently applying strong technical writing judgment to distinguish accurate, well-structured, clear documentation from content that is confusing, incomplete, technically incorrect, or poorly organized.
You will produce high-quality evaluations, expert demonstrations, and rankings that reflect professional standards for API references, how-to guides, release notes, developer documentation, and technical communication.