Technical Writer

| Greater Denver Area
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Who We Are

Red Canary was founded to create a world where every organization can make its greatest impact without fear of cyber attack. Our combination of market-defining technology, processes, and expertise are preventing breaches every day. We are completely changing the way security is delivered and setting the new standard for security. If our mission resonates with you, let’s talk!


What We Believe In

- Do what’s right for the customer

- Be kind and authentic

- Deliver great quality

- Be relentless


Challenges You Will Solve

Red Canary builds deep partnerships with security telemetry providers creating incredible outcomes for our customers. You’ll work to ensure a clear and effective explanation of how partner solutions benefit our customers both for internal and external consumption. You will help plan, create, and build internal and user assistance reference documentation. Working with senior members of various teams, you will establish the knowledge base used by all Red Canary teams seeking a greater understanding of our joint solutions with partners.

What You'll Do

  • Obtain a deep understanding of products and services to develop comprehensive documentation that meets Red Canary standards. 
  • You will translate complex product information into simple and engaging content. 
  • You will write user-friendly content supporting Red Canary Sales and Support functions, as well as evaluate current content while developing goals for improvement. 
  • Gather and analyze technical and product information from various sources to document new or changing joint solution functionality. 
  • Write, format, edit, review, and proof procedural and technical information for technical and nontechnical users. 
  • Maintain a library of application documentation, cataloging it for internal and/or external use.

What You'll Bring

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field of study, preferred;related experience may be considered in lieu of required education.
  • 1 year or more of relevant experience.
  • Knowledge of technical writing principles, practices, and standards.
  • Understanding of desktop publishing tools.
  • Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams.
  • Experience preparing documentation with minimal input (written or verbal) from subject matter experts, such as design engineers and program managers, to prepare initial drafts and templates.
  • Familiarity working with internal teams to obtain an in-depth understanding of product and documentation requirements. Verify content meets applicable standards and is appropriate for its intended audience.
  • Prior experience creating and maintaining documentation templates, layout guides, and graphics resources.
  • Understanding of internal technical reference documentation, including data libraries, training material, process/procedure guides.
  • Knowledge of techniques for reviewing, editing, and formatting business proposals, product management documents, RFP responses, marketing communications, and other organizational documents as requested.
  • Someone who can smile, willingly drop everything and help our customers when needed.

Targeted base salary range: $63,000-90,000 (depending on experience) + bonus eligibility and equity.


Why Red Canary?

Red Canary is where people embody our mission to improve security outcomes for all. People work hard to maintain a culture that encourages authenticity in order to do your best work. Our people are driven and committed to finding the best security outcomes, delivering real and actionable answers, and being transparent along the way. 


At Red Canary, we offer a very rich benefits program to our full-time team members so they can focus on their families and improving our customers’ security. For a full list of benefits, please review our Benefits Summary:

https://redcanary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Benefit-Summary-Red-Canary.pdf 


Individuals seeking employment at Red Canary are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Sales & Marketing
  • People Operations
    • GolangLanguages
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • PythonLanguages
    • RubyLanguages
    • RustLanguages
    • SqlLanguages
    • jQueryLibraries
    • ReactLibraries
    • ReduxLibraries
    • Ruby on RailsFrameworks
    • PostgreSQLDatabases
    • RedisDatabases
    • WordpressCMS
    • HubSpotCRM
    • SalesforceCRM
    • SlackCollaboration
    • ZoomCollaboration
    • AsanaProject Management
    • BasecampProject Management

Location

Our state-of-the-art HQ is located in the brand new McGregor Square centered in Denver's historic LoDo. From inception we have been hybrid workforce.

An Insider's view of Red Canary

What's something quirky about your company?

On a quarterly basis, we have a companywide gathering that we affectionately call BEASTMODE. It’s a great opportunity for “Canaries” from across the country to come together, level-set on the state of the business, get to know each other better, and build a close knit community trying to make a positive impact on the world.

Dave

Director, Customer Success

What projects are you most excited about?

The Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) reached the milestone of 10,000 spec/unit tests to validate our detection logic, an indicator of how diligently we maintain our detectors. Continued validation that everything is working as anticipated is key to ensuring a successful security program.

Joe

VP, Customer Security Operations

What makes someone successful on your team?

Curiosity. If you are asking questions, building on what you just learned, and relating it to something known, then you are truly curious about what you’re learning and you will become an expert.

Diane

Director of Product Support

How do you empower your team to be more creative?

As we continue to grow and add specialized focus across digital media, video, and an even more robust content program, I want the team to be able to take all the great insights and educational pieces and recommendations and make it easy for people to find them, understand them, and implement them. To be able to use what we’re doing in marketing in

Brianne

Director, Marketing

What does career growth look like on your team?

Customer Solutions Engineers possess a blended skillset that intersects business, security and technical. Team members can grow within their role or continue to develop their talents into positions such as technical account manager, security architect, and evangelist.

Robbie

Director, Customer Solutions Engineering

What are Red Canary Perks + Benefits

Red Canary Benefits Overview

Exceptional healthcare, dental, and vision coverage including fully paid premiums
Unlimited PTO
401k and flex-spending accounts, including an employer-funded HRA
100% employer paid long and short term disability
Monthly stipend for personal fitness and cell phone

Culture
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Mandated unconscious bias training
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
We provide up to 8 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
Family medical leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Employees receive 80 hours per year of paid sick leave.
Flexible time off
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Annual company all-hands meeting where we bring in all of our remote team members to build camaraderie, align and learn.

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