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While the documentation lead is the contact person, you can email me if you
have questions about the working environment. I've been at this company for
over a year and a half.
-David Castro
techwrtr -at- crl -dot- com
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Sterling Software Inc. is one of the 20 largest independent software
companies in the world and a leading provider of software and services for
the application development, information management, systems management,
and federal systems markets.
We have a vacancy for an experienced technical writer to work on the
documentation for COOL:Plex - an enterprise application development tool.
The opening is available on a permanent or contract basis. The contract can
be expected to last up to the release of the next version of COOL:Plex
(mid-June 1999). The position is based at Sterling's COOL:Plex development
lab in Larkspur, Marin County, California.
This is a technically-challenging working environment that would suit a
writer with an interest in new technologies. We have a team of 6 writers
who develop and maintain the documentation for COOL:Plex, almost all of
which is supplied as MS HTML Help files, written using Robohelp HTML
edition.
Contact: Daniel Leigh (daniel_leigh -at- sterling -dot- com)
Address:
Sterling Software
1100 Larkspur Landing Circle
Larkspur
California CA 94947
Relevant skills and experience:
- Ability to write documentation for a technical product based on your own
use of the product and information gathered from design proposals and
interviews with developers and testers
- At least 3 years of technical writing experience, preferably in a
commercial software development environment
- At least 1 year's experience developing online help for Windows
applications, including context-sensitive help
- Ability to write clear, concise documentation
- College degree, or equivalent experience
- Robohelp (especially HTML edition) and MS HTML Help
- Excellent Windows 95/NT skills
- Visual SourceSafe
- Knowledge of any of the following technologies: application development
tools, visual programming languages (such as Visual Basic), relational
databases (such as SQL Server and Oracle), and server platforms (such as
AS/400 and Unix).
