Documentation Engineer
LanceDB · Remote · United States | Canada ·
COMPENSATION
$180k – $250k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote role
- 8+ years experience
- Python + SQL
- AI-native documentation
- Open-source focus
You will bridge engineering, technical writing, and developer experience to make LanceDB easier to understand and use. Your work involves creating clear guides, building runnable examples, and ensuring documentation is reliable for both human developers and AI agents.
This position owns documentation as a core product component, focusing on content structure that supports AI-assisted development. You will partner with engineering and product teams to keep guidance accurate as the platform evolves.
What you'll do
- Create quickstarts, tutorials, API references, and troubleshooting guides
- Design structured documentation optimized for AI agent consumption
- Build runnable examples for data ingestion, vector search, and indexing
- Use AI coding assistants to draft content and automate maintenance tasks
- Maintain tooling for automated checks on code examples and links
- Collaborate with engineering to document new features alongside releases
- Improve documentation navigation and search based on user feedback
- Review community contributions and establish contribution guidelines
What you'll need
- 8+ years in documentation engineering or technical writing
- Portfolio demonstrating clear explanation of complex concepts
- Experience designing documentation for AI agent reliability
- Fluency with AI tooling and LLM-based workflows
- Strong Python skills for writing and debugging API examples
- Familiarity with databases, SQL, and data workflows
- Proficiency with Git, Markdown, and software development workflows
- Ability to learn products by reading code and experimenting
Nice to have
- Experience documenting AI, ML, or data infrastructure tools
- Familiarity with LanceDB, Lance, or Apache Arrow
- Knowledge of TypeScript or Rust for multi-language API docs
- Experience with CI-based testing of code examples
- Background in building agent workflows or evaluating agents
- Contributions to open-source projects or developer communities
Stack
- Python
- SQL
- Git
- Markdown
- LanceDB
- Lance
- Apache Arrow
- TypeScript
- Rust
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Work with global open-source community