Palantir

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Technical Writer: Analyst and Administrator Audiences

Palo Alto, CA

You love technology and you love learning about new things. You enjoy helping others and explaining how things work. You seek out new challenges and are always looking for ways to improve. If this sounds familiar, Palantir Technologies may be looking for you.

The Palantir documentation team is looking for a driven, multi-talented individual who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment. As a part of the Docs team, you’ll learn our analysis product and document it for our various customer audiences. Daily responsibilities include collaborating with peers in cross-functional product teams, producing high-quality documentation that meets internal style guide and internationalization guidelines, and keeping up with ongoing product changes.

Responsibilities

Build, organize, and maintain documentation for our ever-evolving analysis platform
Write overviews, user guides, and administrator guides for an audience of data analysts and system administrators
Work with developers and support engineers to understand new features and how they're used
Install, configure, and maintain our software products and try new features to learn customer experience in support of topics you write
Develop single-sourced information for an international audience (i18n)
Help evaluate and improve our information offerings, including web docs, blogs, videos, context-sensitive help, and ready-to-print books
Help build out technical infrastructure for delivering documentation

Requirements

BA/BS or equivalent experience, technical communications major a plus
Good writing samples; previous professional, internship, or educational portfolio work acceptable
Ability to quickly learn and enjoy learning new technologies
Ability to research technical information with minimal direction
Experience writing both end user and administrator documentation a plus

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At a glance

Palo Alto

Palo Alto, CA (HQ)

Palantir is causing a paradigm shift in analysis, a fundamental change in the way that people approach and utilize data and we’re doing it in the heart of Silicon Valley. In addition to being right across the street from the Palo Alto Caltrain Station, we are situated in the midst of its thriving downtown area, a stone’s throw east of Stanford and a short jaunt south of San Francisco. The city itself is bustling with activity, warm year-round, bicycle-friendly, and a short drive away from both the mountains and the ocean.
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Engineering

Being a member of Palantir's Engineering department is an experience unlike any other. Our home is a true startup: the intersection between efficiency and ingenuity where every voice is heard, every idea is considered, and every member makes a tangible impact.
In an industry rife with sideways momentum and common products, we are in the rare position of crafting software that is truly unique, industry-defining and in some wonderful cases even life-saving. The engineers who build it, by necessity, must have passion, drive and enough creativity to shape the future of analysis.
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Palantir is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Employment here is based solely upon one's individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, pregnancy status, religion, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation or veteran, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law. We will also make all reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws.