Technical Writer

Role Description

We're looking for a Technical Writer to own the documentation experience for Nabu Casa Hardware and Cloud. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role: you'll be the primary person responsible for making our products accessible to a global community of users and developers — from first-time setup guides to deep API and integration documentation. You'll work directly with engineers to translate technical complexity into content that empowers users to succeed independently, without needing to raise a support ticket.

Our community is technically sophisticated and values accuracy and clarity above all. This role requires someone who can earn the trust of engineers and users alike.

• Own the end-to-end documentation experience for Nabu Casa Hardware and Cloud, ensuring content is accurate, up-to-date, and discoverable
• Plan and deliver documentation for new features, integrations, and releases in sync with the product shipping cycle
• Work directly with engineers to research and verify technical content, reducing the documentation burden on the engineering team
• Audit and improve existing documentation continuously — flagging outdated content, filling gaps, and improving structure and tone
• Define and maintain documentation standards, style guides, and templates so that community contributions are consistent and maintainable
• Triage and act on documentation feedback from the community, support, and internal teams to prioritise what improves user outcomes most
• Contribute to the developer experience — API guides, integration documentation, and contributor docs — to support the OHF community and partner integrations
• Track documentation quality signals (support ticket themes, community feedback) and report on them regularly

Qualifications

• Strong technical writing skills with a portfolio of developer or product documentation
• Ability to read and understand code (Python, YAML, REST APIs) well enough to write accurate technical content without constant hand-holding from engineers
• Good understanding of smart home hardware and electronics, with the ability to troubleshoot basic issues independently
• Experience with docs-as-code workflows (Git, Markdown, static site generators such as MkDocs or Docusaurus)
• High autonomy and self-direction — able to identify what needs to be written without waiting to be told
• Strong stakeholder management: knows how to get technical information out of busy engineers efficiently

Requirements

• Familiarity with Home Assistant or similar open-source or self-hosted software
• Experience maintaining documentation for a community-driven project with external contributors
• A systematic approach to auditing large documentation sets and prioritising improvements methodically
• Experience working async in a remote-first, distributed team

Benefits

• Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off
• Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid
• Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth
• A budget for your work hardware once you start. After three years, you may keep this equipment for personal use
• An annual smart home budget to ensure you keep up-to-date with the latest smart homes offer
• An annual education budget to help you grow and stay on top of your game
• A yearly performance bonus based on company performance
• A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee at your home workspace
• One day every two weeks to work on your personal projects

Company Description

Nabu Casa is best known as the organization driving the development of Home Assistant, the world's largest free and open-source smart home platform. More than two million households benefit from its home automation capabilities. Powered by a worldwide community of open-source developers, GitHub ranked it the most active open-source project in the world in 2024.

Nabu Casa is profitable, has no external investors, and our only funding comes from people subscribing to Home Assistant Cloud and buying Home Assistant hardware. That means the only stakeholders we have to concern ourselves with are our employees and our users.

Our principles — privacy, choice, and sustainability — are woven into our architecture, licensing, community, and everything else.

The recruitment process

• Apply for the role
• Our team will review your application with the hiring manager
• HR Screening
• Take home assignment
• Interview with our Commercial Team
• Interview with our CEO
• Offer
• Join our team!