Technical Writerat ThoughtSpot -Palo Alto, CA Are you looking to join one of the fastest growing software companies in the Bay Area? ThoughtSpots Search & AI-Driven analytics platform is disrupting the BI industry by making analytics 1000x faster and easier for non-technical business people Are you a technical writer, who wants to reinvent how people experience documentation? You live to make it easy and fun for people to learn and adopt new ways of doing things. Its not enough for you to transcribe a tech talk - you want to get your hands dirty with the software, load some data, and learn it yourself. If so, ThoughtSpot wants to talk to you. This position is based at our headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Well especially want to talk to you if youve written technical docs for a database, business intelligence, or big data offering Responsibilities: -Deliver clear, complete and accurate documentation timed to the release cycle -Solve information challenges in innovative ways -Focus on the end users perspective to deliver a better experience of learning to use our products -Write original technical content related to databases, Web applications, and business intelligence solutions -Youll be responsible for contributing to documentation and our portal at -Required Skills/Qualifications: -2-3 years experience in technical documentation production for software or SaaS products. -Bachelors or Masters degree, with a focus in Communications, English, Instructional Design, Information Management, or a related discipline. -Excellent writing skills, with experience writing technical procedures and concept topics for a range of audiences. -Ability to create content in varied voices from charming and witty to technical and serious. -Creativity and innovation in the audio, visual and written realms. -Markdown and Jekyll for documentation -Developer tools like GitHub and JIRA -Image and video editing tools like Adobe Photoshop and Camtasia -Bonus points if you have hands on experience with databases and reporting tools like Power BI, Qlik, Tableau, and Excel About ThoughtSpot At ThoughtSpot, diversity isnt a box to check, its how we live our core value of Selfless Excellence every day. The kind of problems we solve require diverse perspectives and the team-spirit to see those differences as possibilities rather than roadblocks. To make our dent in the universe, we seek employees with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. We aim to cultivate an inclusive and respectful company culture. We support our employees with great benefits like 100% company paid medical/dental/vision/life coverage for employees and dependents; equity in a late stage startup backed by top-tier VCs; conveniently located Palo Alto office with onsite gym; company-provided catered lunch and dinner; and paid holidays and flexible paid time off. We hope youll join us in our mission. ThoughtSpots Search & AI-Driven analytics platform puts the power of a thousand analysts in every business person's hands. ThoughtSpot connects with any on-premise, cloud, big data, or desktop data source and deploys 85 percent faster than legacy technologies. ThoughtSpots customers include Amway, Bed Bath and Beyond, Capital One, Celebrity Cruises, Chevron Federal Credit Union, De Beers, Insurethebox and Scotiabank. We were co-founded in 2012 by CEO Ajeet Singh and technical co-founders from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle. Backed by investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Geodesic Capital and Capital One Growth Ventures, ThoughtSpot has raised over $160 million to date. ThoughtSpots mission is to enable analytics at "human scale" and put search and AI-driven analytics in the hands of 20 million users by 2020. For more information please visit thoughtspot.com