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Sr Technical WriterProcom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada. With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest "Canadian-Owned" IT staffing/consulting company. Procom's areas of staffing expertise include: Application Development, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Business/Systems Analysis, Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence, Infrastructure & Network Services, Risk Management & Compliance, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Security & Privacy Specialties, Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation), Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation), ICAP (Contractor Payroll), Flextrack (Vendor Management System)We are looking for experienced technical writers to help launch new, state-of-the-art wearable devices and platforms, including augmented reality, fitness coaching, and other comprehensive wearable technologies. As Senior Technical Writer you will work directly with the product, design and test teams to develop engineering documentation for building and using the most innovative wearable products. You will be working with enthusiastic and experienced peers in an environment that facilitates delivering industry-leading solutions with both creative-edge and high quality.What You Will Be DoingCreate clear and concise technical documentation to accompany the latest innovations in the wearable technologyDesign user guides, platform architecture overviews, public API programming guides, SDK development tutorials and other engineering documentation for client's new wearable platform and productsManage large and complex documentation projects, collaborate with senior engineers and program managers to create contentContributing to platform UI/UX specificationsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to define and document new features.Showcase rich functionality and diversity of the newest wearable devices.Collaborating with remote global teams, including device, cloud, test, etc. to innovate new technologies with maximum development efficiency.QualificationsPLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK WITH CANDIDATES ON H1B VISAS OR CANDIDATES REPRESENTED BY THIRD PARTIES.BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience3-5 years of experience writing technical publications for a highly technical audienceProven track record of researching and writing effective technical documentationAbility to work with engineering teams as part of the software development processProficiency with HTML and CSSStrong collaboration and project management skillsExperience working directly within a software development team, including extensive interaction with senior engineers and software architectsAbility to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, constantly changing environmentSr Technical Writer Nice to Have SkillsYou have a strong portfolio demonstrating prior work and experiences creating technical documentationAbility to read and understand source code written in Java and/or SwiftExperience working in Agile environment, knowledge of Scrum-based methodologiesKnowledge of Android and/or iOS mobile platformsKnowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRAFamiliarity with version control systems, such as GitMaster's Degree or another advanced degree is preferredAdditional InformationI'm interested

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