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About Nabu Casa

Nabu Casa is the organization behind Home Assistant, the world’s largest open-source smart home platform used by over two million households. Established in 2018 by the founders and main contributors to ensure sustainability and prevent burnout, Nabu Casa operates without external investors, focusing on privacy, choice, and sustainability. The company funds ongoing development through subscriptions and sales of Home Assistant products.

Role Overview

We are searching for a Technical Writer to manage and enhance the entire documentation experience for Nabu Casa Hardware and Cloud offerings. This role carries significant responsibility and impact, requiring you to be the main driver in creating clear, accurate, and accessible materials for a global audience that includes users and developers. You will collaborate closely with engineers to convert complex technical information into user-friendly documentation that enables independent success without necessitating support intervention.

Key Responsibilities

Manage the complete documentation lifecycle for Nabu Casa Hardware and Cloud products ensuring accuracy, currency, and easy accessibility.
Plan and produce documentation aligned with new features, integrations, and product releases alongside the product development cycle.
Collaborate directly with engineering teams to research and verify technical content, minimizing the documentation demands on engineers.
Continuously review and update existing documentation to identify obsolete information, fill gaps, and enhance structure and tone.
Establish and uphold documentation standards, style guides, and templates to ensure consistency and maintainability, including for community contributions.
Prioritize and address feedback from the community, support, and internal stakeholders to enhance user experience effectively.
Support developer experience through creation of API guides, integration documentation, and contributor resources aiding the Open Home Foundation community and partners.
Monitor documentation quality indicators like support ticket trends and community input, providing regular reports.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

Proven technical writing ability with demonstrated work on developer or product documentation.
Competency in understanding programming languages and tools such as Python, YAML, and REST APIs to produce precise technical content independently.
Familiarity with smart home hardware and electronics, able to troubleshoot basic problems without assistance.
Experience with documentation workflows using Git, Markdown, and static site generators like MkDocs or Docusaurus.
Self-motivated and able to identify documentation needs proactively without direct instruction.
Strong communication skills to efficiently gather technical information from busy engineering teams.

Preferred Additional Experience

Knowledge of Home Assistant or similar open-source/self-hosted software projects.
Experience managing documentation in community-driven projects with external contributors.
Methodical approach to auditing large documentation repositories and systematically prioritizing updates.
Comfort working asynchronously in a fully remote, distributed team environment.

Benefits and Work Environment

This is a full-time remote position with a 40-hour workweek and flexible scheduling, allowing for at least three hours of overlap for team communication. Employees are salaried according to local regulations and report to the VP Commercial.

Five weeks (25 days) of paid time off annually.
Fourteen days of paid sick leave where local laws do not cover it.
Six weeks paid plus six weeks unpaid parental leave within the first year after birth.
A work hardware budget at onboarding, with ownership after three years.
Annual budgets for smart home devices and education to support professional growth and staying current.
Annual performance bonus linked to company results.
50% subsidy for home internet expenses.
One day biweekly for personal projects.

Compensation

Nabu Casa strives to offer a total remuneration package at the 75th percentile relative to the role, experience, and regional salary landscape. Typical annual salary ranges in primary countries include:

Greece: 45700 - 56100 EUR
Hungary: 16100000 - 20250000 HUF
Ireland: 52800 - 70500 EUR
Italy: 54000 - 64400 EUR
Poland: 150000 - 215000 PLN
Portugal: 47900 - 61200 EUR
Romania: 215000 - 275000 RON
Spain: 50500 - 63600 EUR
UK: 57100 - 73800 GBP
Other countries: Compensation negotiable during interview.

Salary offers may be adapted based on candidate experience, credentials, and work hours.

About Nabu Casa Continued

Nabu Casa operates Home Assistant, which GitHub recognized as the most active open-source project globally in 2024. The company remains independent and solely funded by subscriptions and product sales, focusing its efforts on serving employees and users while upholding privacy, choice, and sustainability in all operations.

Recruitment Process

Submit application for the position.
Application review by recruitment and hiring manager.
HR screening interviews.
Completion of a take-home assignment.
Interview with the commercial leadership team.
Interview with the CEO.
Job offer extended.
Joining the Nabu Casa team.

Technical Writer