Job Description

About KX

Our mission is to accelerate data and AI-driven innovation with high performance analytics solutions, enabling our customers to transform into AI-first enterprises. KX is trusted by the world's top investment banks & hedge funds, aerospace and defence, life and health sciences, semiconductor, telecommunications, and advanced manufacturing companies.

Time series and vector data analytics and management are at the heart of our products, independently benchmarked as the fastest on the market. They help our customers process data at unmatched speed and scale and empower LOB leaders, developers, data scientists, and data engineers to build high-performance data-driven applications and turbocharge their favourite analytics tools in the cloud, on premise, or at the edge.

KX technology enables the discovery of richer, actionable insights for faster, better informed decision making which drives competitive advantage and transformative growth for our customers. KX operates across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

About the Role:

As a Junior Technical Writer at KX, you will work under the guidance of the Editor-in-Chief to help create and maintain user-facing technical documentation. Your responsibilities will include content organization, verifying completeness, proofreading, and upholding high writing standards. Your primary goal will be to enhance the user experience through the software documentation you help produce.

Key Responsibilities:

Assist in organizing KX's technical documentation to optimize accessibility and clarity.
Help determine the most effective structure for presenting information, ensuring optimal reader comprehension.
Collaborate with subject-matter experts to ensure accuracy and thorough coverage of specialized topics.
Conduct reviews and copyediting of content produced by team members.
Maintain awareness of competitors' documentation to inform our approach.
Manage timelines to align documentation delivery with software release schedules.

Additional Responsibilities:

Work with the Documentation team to ensure consistency and alignment in documentation efforts.
Continuously enhance documentation quality by incorporating user feedback and industry best practices.
Research and stay up-to-date with the latest technological advancements to accurately reflect product features.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in English, a Computer Science field, or a related area.
Strong command of writing style, grammar, and punctuation.
Eager learner, especially in technology and its associated concepts.
Some experience in technical writing; familiarity with documenting data platforms is a plus.
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to work within a collaborative team environment.

Desired Skills:

Basic experience with GitHub/GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with Markdown.
Ability to understand and edit JavaScript, HTML, XML, and stylesheets.

Location & Workplace Type:

This position takes on a hybrid working model, based in London, UK

Why Choose KX

Data Driven: We lead with instinct and follow fact.

Naturally Curious: We lean in, listen and learn fast.

All In: We take ownership, take on challenges and give it our all.

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Individually tailored training and skills development
Private healthcare package and Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity package
Wellness Days and Volunteer Days

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