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Senior Technical Writer

Role overview

Summary

The Senior Technical Writer role focuses on creating high-impact documentation for developers and AI agents using the Akamai Cloud platform. You will collaborate with various teams to produce materials that enhance the usability of Akamai's edge compute products and support innovative AI workflows.

Qualifications

  • Excellent communication and writing skills in English.
  • Expertise in creating developer documentation using doc-as-code workflows.
  • Robust writing portfolio showcasing detailed solution guides or developer tutorials.
  • Expertise in AI concepts and systems.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English through both written and verbal forms.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain clear technical documentation, API references, and code samples for Akamai's edge compute products.
  • Develop detailed how-to guides, reference architectures, and solution blueprints for AI workflows and serverless edge deployments.
  • Support developer tools and AI integrations across CLI utilities and IDE extensions.
  • Maintain technical communication standards while introducing innovative documentation guidelines for AI and cloud computing.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

  • Cybersecurity
  • XLarge
  • 5,001–10,000
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

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Job description

Do you love creating high-impact content and agentic-compatible documentation for a global developer audience?

Would you excel on a dynamic team enabling developers and AI agents to innovate using the Akamai Cloud platform?

Join our Technical Writing team

The Technical Writing team develops comprehensive documentation and references for developers and AI agents using the Akamai Cloud platform. Writers craft workflow guides, user-centric documentation, and detailed API references to enable developers and AI tools to utilize the platform effectively.

Help us deliver best-in-class documentation

The Senior Technical Writer role involves collaborating with Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, and UX Designers to create detailed technical content. Responsibilities include developing materials centered around AI workloads, serverless WebAssembly runtimes, and distributed edge computing within the Akamai Cloud platform.

As a Technical Writer Senior, you will be responsible for:

  • Creating, maintaining, and writing clear technical documentation, API references, and code samples describing Akamai's edge compute products for developers and AI agents.
  • Creating detailed how-to guides, reference architectures, and solution blueprints for agentic AI workflows, EdgeKV, microVM sandboxes, and serverless edge deployments.
  • Supporting developer tools and AI integrations across CLI utilities, IDE extensions (VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), and automated documentation frameworks.
  • Maintaining Akamai's technical communication standards while introducing innovative documentation guidelines for agentic AI and cloud computing ecosystems.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Possess excellent communication and writing skills in English
  • Demonstrate expertise creating developer documentation using doc-as-code workflows, focusing on cloud infrastructure, WebAssembly/Spin, JavaScript/TypeScript, or serverless edge computing.
  • Demonstrate a robust writing portfolio showcasing detailed solution guides, agent-ready documentation, or developer tutorials for practical serverless and AI architectures.
  • Demonstrate expertise in AI concepts and systems, translating complex technical architectures into actionable, seamless workflows for developers and AI agents.
  • Demonstrate excellent ability to communicate effectively in English through both written and verbal forms.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

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We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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