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Lead Technical Writer - Shared Technology Group

Frontier is an established, market leading independent developer and publisher of videogames for PC and consoles. We have achieved serial successes across a wide variety of titles including Elite Dangerous , Planet Coaster , Jurassic World Evolution , Planet Zoo and F1 Manager . Founded in 1994, we are based in the world-leading technology cluster and historic city of Cambridge, England. With a growing team of over 800 talented people supporting our existing portfolio and ambitious future roadmap, along with our publishing label Frontier Foundry, we are passionate about creating innovative genre-leading games and authentic worlds for our communities of players.

Our Shared Technology Group is primarily responsible for developing and maintaining our in-house engine Cobra. They also serve as a group of domain experts to advise game teams on technical problems, best practice and use of Cobra for their games.

We are looking for a Lead Technical Writer to build and lead a technical writing team within our Shared Technology Group (STG). The STG development team are already motivated to provide excellent documentation but need your help to present it in the best possible way to their different audiences.

The different audiences in this case are the many game development teams that are using Cobra every day to make our portfolio of ambitious titles. Every game development team comprises a mixture of different skill areas such as artists, animators, audio designers, designers, programmers and more. Each of these skill areas have differing needs for their documentation. You will work with representatives for each of these areas to tailor the presentation and content to their specific needs.

Having a team dedicated to producing documentation is new to Frontier. This is a great opportunity for you to join us and shape not only the team you want to build but also the way documentation is authored and consumed.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and line manage a technical writing team. Line management includes team development, performance management, coaching and mentoring.
• Oversee the development and creation of high quality documentation, best standards and practices.
• Work with internal (STG) and external (game and outsource) teams to obtain an in-depth understanding of Cobra, how it is used and the documentation requirements.
• Produce high-quality documentation and tutorials that are appropriate for audiences with differing needs.
• Define the requirements for the documentation platform.
• Mentor and assist other members of the studio to produce and maintain documentation and tutorials of their own.

About You

• Proven working experience in technical writing of software documentation.
• Ability to deliver high quality documentation paying attention to detail.
• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical and development concepts and make them easily understandable in text, pictures and/or videos.
• Excellent written skills in English.
• Experience managing or mentoring others is desirable.

We offer the chance to work with talented and passionate people, developing and publishing sophisticated and enduring games in a creative and collaborative environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our player communities. Frontier rewards this passion and determination by sharing in the company’s success and by supporting our teams to keep doing what they love.

Well-being is a big focus at Frontier and we are continually evolving how we can support our staff. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and host a range of well-being activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We welcome and encourage applications from qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.