Documentation Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Lead the execution, development, and prioritization of the Docs Engineering team while remaining actively involved in technical writing and engineering.

• Take ownership of the reliability, availability, performance, and technical advancement of the ClickHouse documentation website.

• Research, develop, and produce technical documentation through source code analysis, experimentation, testing, and collaboration with the Engineering and Product teams.

• Define and implement documentation strategies in conjunction with Engineering, Product, Product Marketing, Learning, Support, Growth, and the open-source community.

• Enhance docs-as-code contribution workflows for both employees and external contributors.

• Review documentation pull requests, triage issues, unblock contributors, and create or significantly enhance high-impact content.

• Construct and maintain the documentation site's infrastructure, publishing systems, automation, CI workflows, monitoring, and quality checks.

• Establish organization-wide workflows, safeguards, and quality standards for documentation generated or maintained using AI agents.

• Comprehend cross-functional needs, translate them into practical documentation processes, mentor authors, and manage competing priorities.

• Ensure that documentation remains accurate, comprehensive, discoverable, and aligned with product development.

• Utilize documentation to facilitate ClickHouse product adoption and growth through an intuitive, seamless user experience.

⛳️ Requirements

• Prior experience in managing and developing a technical team.

• Hands-on leadership in people management, technical writing, software engineering, process design, and daily execution.

• Strong technical writing abilities and experience in independently producing documentation for complex software products.

• Capability to investigate functionality, read and comprehend source code, validate product behavior, and convert findings into clear, accurate documentation for developers.

• Experience in building, maintaining, and operating production websites.

• Strong understanding of reliability, availability, performance, monitoring, and operational best practices.

• Extensive experience with documentation-as-code workflows and modern software development practices.

• Proficiency in working with Astro, TypeScript/JavaScript, GitHub Actions, pull-request workflows, and CI pipelines.

• Experience in designing or managing content quality systems, automation, and contributor workflows at scale.

• Experience in collaborating effectively with coding agents and applying AI to documentation while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and trust.

• Excellent cross-functional communication skills with the ability to elicit requirements, influence technical and product partners, set clear standards, and make progress in uncertain situations.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment.

• Familiarity with ClickHouse or similar database technologies is a plus.

• Experience contributing to or maintaining an open-source project is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment and remote-friendly setup at a globally distributed company operating in over 25 countries.

• Employer contributions towards healthcare coverage.

• Stock options available for every new team member.

• Flexible time off policy in the US.

• Generous time-off entitlements in other countries.

• USD$500 allowance for home office setup for remote employees.

• Opportunities for global company-wide offsites and in-person connection.