Technical Writer

Required Skills

• This resource would work on documentation across the project (Product Management, SI, Marketing, DBS): document writing, editing, document structuring, facilitating the review/approval process. The primary owners/authors of the document will remain accountable for the deliverables throughout but work with the technical writer to achieve the output.
• Documents include Release Guideline, Functional and Technical Release Notes, User Guides
• Experienced technical writer, preferably in financial services, for both internal and external documentation
• Strong command of technology as well as general business concepts
• Quick learner for documenting of detailed system behavior and more complicated business functionality
• Must be able to deliver high-quality documentation
• Must proactively manage and facilitate the documentation review and approval process
• Must be detail-oriented and apply strict attention to document content, accuracy, format and style.
• Must be able to quickly and efficiently learn about the system and apply complicated business concepts to writing
• Skills:
  - Fluent with MS Office core products (Word, Power Point and Visio)
  - Ability to integrate XML-based data into MS Office documents
  - Ability to understand how to use options exchange interfaces on member side
  - Proven background of documenting programming interfaces
  - Excellent communication and people skills
  - Ability to work closely with multi-disciplinary technical teams
  - Knowledge of options trading systems a plus
  - Knowledge of other documentation systems like FrameMaker and TeX a plus

Required Experience

Deliverables:
- External documentation describing programming interfaces for options exchanges, functionality of options exchanges and implementation processes
- Technical and functional training manuals

- Must have extensive experience writing technical documents for client consumptions.

- Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship from the employer