Senior Technical Content Designer, Platform documentation
Autodesk
Job Description
Job Requisition ID #26WD96376Position OverviewCloudOS is Autodesk's centralized platform for delivering internal services and code to production. As the platform scales, high quality, developer centric documentation becomes a critical multiplier for productivity, onboarding speed, and operational reliability.We're hiring a Senior Content Experience Designer to own the strategy and execution of CloudOS technical documentation-transforming complex platform concepts (ADF, deployment pipelines, CD Proxy, failover, observability, secret handling, and more) into clear, discoverable, and action oriented experiences that developers trust and AI systems can readily consume.ResponsibilitiesOwn the end to end content strategy for CloudOS developer documentation-setting priorities, defining the roadmap, and driving measurable impact on developer productivityCreate clear, practical developer docs including quickstarts, tutorials, reference material (ADF schemas, pipeline examples), runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and reusable best practice patternsTranslate AI platform guidance into consistent, production ready content patterns optimized for consumption by both developers and AI driven tools in live productsBuild scalable docs as code systems by maintaining example repos, starter templates, and automated pipelines that make CloudOS easy and safe to adoptDesign task focused, interactive content (step by step guides, checklists, hands on workflows) that gets developers to success faster in real CloudOS scenariosShape information architecture-navigation, taxonomy, and search-so developers can quickly find what they needPartner closely with engineers to translate complex systems into approachable content: code samples, diagrams, YAML/JSON examples, and API/CLI references-authoring in Git and reviewing PRsValidate and improve docs with real users through developer interviews, surveys, and task based testingMeasure what matters-time to first success, reduced support tickets, developer satisfaction-and iterate using dataChampion docs as code best practices across CloudOS, including CI for docs, environment versioning, example validation, and localization readinessMinimum QualificationsExperience designing and producing developer-facing technical content for platform or infrastructure products, with a strong portfolio of tutorials, API/CLI references, and examplesDeep expertise in content design and information architecture for complex technical systems, including breaking down end to end workflows into clear, usable stepsHands on experience with docs as code practices, including Git/GitHub, Markdown or AsciiDoc, and CI based publishing workflows-comfortable authoring alongside engineersWorking knowledge of cloud and platform engineering concepts (e.g., containers, ECS/EKS, serverless, Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps, IAM, observability) to create accurate, example driven documentationStrong developer focused writing skills-clear instructions, meaningful examples, and actionable troubleshooting. Portfolio requiredExperience validating content with users, using usability feedback and metrics to drive continuous improvementStrong collaboration skills, working effectively across engineering, product, security, operations, and AI teamsComfort working independently and operating in ambiguity, driving content work end to end from discovery through delivery and measurementLearning agility-ability to quickly adopt Autodesk approved AI assisted authoring tools and use them responsibly within established governancePreferred QualificationsFamiliarity with Application Definition Files (ADF) or similar declarative infrastructure descriptions (YAML/JSON, Jsonnet)Basic prototyping skills for interactive docs (Playgrounds, sandboxes) or experience integrating docs with CI to validate example codeBackground in UX writing or content strategy in developer tools or platform engineeringLearn MoreAbout AutodeskWelcome to Autodesk!
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