The Technical Communicator will create educational materials, collaborate with teams, improve documentation, and lead training sessions for Metabase users.
Metabase is the easiest way for people to get insights from their data, from tiny startups who get up and running quickly to major corporations with tens of thousands of users. That's why people love us.
We bring data tools with the elegance and simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. We provide an opinionated open source starting point for how companies should measure, analyze and share their data, which is used by tens of thousands of companies.
The mission of the Technical Communicator is to teach our customers about Metabase in the way that makes the most sense - through videos, tutorials, diagrams, or training. We are looking for someone who loves data, enjoys helping others, and is excited to work for a startup to help our customers get the most out of Metabase.
What you’ll do
- Create tutorials, guides, and videos for Metabase Learn
- Collaborate with our Product and Success Engineering teams to identify training opportunities
- Review and improve documentation to proactively address customer education needs
- Lead educational webinars and workshops
- Design onboarding materials for our customers
About you
- Enjoy helping people and solving their problems
- Strong technical expertise and hands-on experience in at least one of the following:
- Data science or analytics
- Data engineering
- Application development
- Solid understanding of database concepts and data landscape
- 3+ years of experience of developing engaging educational materials for technical audiences in data analytics, data engineering, or related fields
- You are an expert in at least one of:
- Technical writing
- Technical curriculum development
- Creating technical videos
Nice to have
- Knowledge of markdown, HTML, git
- Experience with video editing or graphic design
- Fluency in multiple languages (this is helpful as our users are worldwide)
Why join us?
- We operate as a fully remote, async team. Work where and when you’re most productive - we trust you to get your work done. Meetings are rare, efficient, and your time is respected.
- Every week brings new complex challenges and opportunities to learn. If you thrive on solving complex problems and enjoy continuous learning, you'll find this role exciting and engaging.
- You'll contribute to a tool that empowers users to unlock insights in their data without relying on a data team.
We're a global team (50% outside the US), fully distributed (from Thailand to California), who get things done asynchronously, with plenty of uninterrupted time, supporting each other to do the best work of our careers. We offer flexibility (define your own schedule and work from wherever you want), autonomy, and an environment that fosters growth, learning, and development. We're relentlessly user-focused and believe in building long-term value, not short-term hacks. And we raised a $30M Series B to take our approach to the next level for years to come.
For U.S. applicants: Metabase participates in the federal E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of newly hired U.S. based employees. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates and is only initiated upon hire.
E-Verify Participation Notice (English/Spanish)
Right to Work Notice (English/Spanish)
Top Skills
Application Development
Data Engineering
Data Science
Git
Graphic Design
HTML
Markdown
Technical Curriculum Development
Technical Writing
Video Editing
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