Technical Writer CV Example
Professional technical writer CV example with recruiter-tested sections you can customise in minutes.
Example only
All personal details and career history in this example are fictional. Customise this CV with your own real information before applying.
Resume preview

Rebecca Collins
Senior Technical Writer
Senior Technical Writer with 11 years of experience creating developer documentation, API references, product guides, release documentation, and knowledge bases for cloud platforms, enterprise software, and developer tools. Experienced in docs-as-code workflows, information architecture, and collaborating with engineering teams to make complex technical concepts accessible to both developers and end users.
Experience
Senior Technical Writer
Arcline Developer Tools, Full-time
2019-07-01 – Present
San Jose, CA, US
Owning documentation strategy for developer platforms, APIs, SDKs, and cloud infrastructure products.
- Designed and maintained documentation for REST APIs, SDKs, CLI tools, authentication workflows, and developer onboarding across multiple cloud products.
- Reorganized the documentation architecture around real developer tasks, reducing integration-related support requests by 34%.
- Introduced a docs-as-code workflow using Git, Markdown, automated validation, and pull request reviews that aligned documentation releases with engineering deployments.
- Built OpenAPI-driven API reference documentation complete with runnable code samples and interactive request examples.
- Partnered with software engineers, product managers, solution architects, and developer advocates to ensure documentation remained technically accurate throughout rapid release cycles.
Technical Writer
Cobalt Security Systems, Full-time
2017-06-01 – 2019-06-01
Dublin, Ireland
Produced enterprise documentation covering installation, administration, troubleshooting, and compliance requirements.
- Authored installation guides, administrator manuals, troubleshooting documentation, release notes, and regulatory documentation for enterprise security platforms.
- Migrated legacy PDF documentation into a searchable online documentation portal, increasing self-service usage by 47%.
- Collaborated closely with technical support engineers to create troubleshooting playbooks for frequently reported customer issues.
- Standardised terminology, writing style, warning messages, and procedural formatting across multiple product documentation sets.
- Interviewed engineers and QA specialists to document new features before public product releases.
Documentation Specialist
Veridian Cloud Labs, Full-time
2015-05-01 – 2017-05-01
Tallinn, Estonia
Developed documentation production skills while supporting release management and content quality initiatives.
- Maintained release documentation, user guides, internal knowledge bases, and documentation quality reviews for cloud software products.
- Published release notes within 24 hours of every production deployment across more than thirty consecutive sprint cycles.
- Verified command-line examples and configuration procedures across Linux and Windows environments before publication.
- Managed documentation issue backlogs, broken links, and outdated articles identified by customer support teams.
- Learned structured authoring, Markdown, Git workflows, and version-controlled documentation practices.
Education
Technical Communication, Bachelor of Arts
San José State University
2011-09-01 – 2015-05-01
Studied technical communication, information design, software documentation, user-centred communication, editing, web publishing, usability, and content strategy while completing documentation projects for software development teams.
Skills
Certifications
Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC)
Society for Technical Communication
2023-01-01
Languages
English (Native)
German (B1)
CV writing guide
- User-centered documentation that reduces support burden and implementation friction.
- Strong collaboration with engineering and product in fast release cadences.
- Evidence of documentation quality systems, versioning, and maintenance discipline.
- Society for Technical Communication (STC) Certification
- Google Technical Writing Certificate
- Write the Docs Documentation Tools Training