What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr UX Technical Writer position at The Fountain Group?
Shift Information:
- Monday-Friday, Hybrid position! 3 Days onsite/2 days remote.
- Pay range starts at $50 /hr!
- 6 Month contract to start! This is a W2 Contract (No 1099/C2C), with a possibility of extension or conversion beyond the original duration based on performance & budget at that time.
- Our company offers our consultants a suite of benefits after a qualification period including health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance.
Job Summary:
Seeking a Senior Technical Content Designer / Technical Writer with strong experience creating web-based online help documentation for complex technical products. This role will focus heavily on MadCap Flare, HTML/XML authoring, and modular single-sourced documentation. The ideal candidate has experience working in life sciences, laboratory instrumentation, engineering, or biotech environments, and can develop structured content optimized for modern digital and AI-supported help experiences.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop customer-facing online help / web help content for complex laboratory and scientific systems
- Create modular documentation using single-source content strategies and reusable content components
- Develop content using MadCap Flare and related publishing tools
- Author and edit structured content using HTML, XML, and web-based documentation formats
- Apply UI/UX principles and user learning concepts to improve content usability
- Embed multimedia elements such as screenshots, graphics, video, or interactive media into help content
- Work cross-functionally with engineering and product teams throughout the documentation lifecycle
- Use Jira daily to track work assignments, manage documentation tasks, and support release timelines
- Improve documentation based on user feedback, analytics, and iterative content updates
- Support content optimized for AI chatbot readiness, including structured formatting, metadata, and tagging
Required Qualifications (Must Haves)
- 7–10 years of experience in technical writing, technical communication, or technical content design
- Strong proficiency in MadCap Flare (mid-to-expert level)
- Experience creating web-based help systems / online help / knowledge base documentation
- Proficiency in HTML and XML authoring (DITA experience a plus)
- Experience creating modular, single-sourced documentation (content reuse, structured authoring, CCMS concepts)
- Experience using Jira (daily use strongly preferred)
- Background supporting complex technical products (engineering systems, lab instruments, scientific equipment, software/hardware)
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Haves)
- Experience creating documentation specifically for an AI chatbot or AI-driven customer help experience
- Experience with structured metadata, tagging, taxonomy, or SEO-style content structuring
- Strong UI/UX-focused documentation design experience
- Multimedia integration experience (video, animations, interactive content)
- Experience in life sciences, biotech, medical device, pharmaceutical, or engineering environments
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Who We Are:
The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort. Browse our website tagged below for additional information on our company. “We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”
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