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Tech Writer-Tech III - AMZ10061234

Amazon

Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)

Base salary $126,797  to $170,200

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MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Offered Position: Tech Writer-Tech III

Job Location: Seattle, Washington

Job Number: AMZ10061234

Position Responsibilities:

Design, develop, test, publish, and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for Amazon Q Developer features. Partner closely with software engineers, product managers, and other subject matter experts to assess documentation requirements, understand feature behavior and defects, and plan content using AWS Content Strategy. Write structured technical content in XML, incorporate customer feedback, and ensure accuracy, usability, and consistency with AWS Style Guides. Test beta and released features by configuring environments, validating workflows, and reporting issues to development teams before and after launch. Lead documentation reviews with stakeholders and incorporate feedback. Provide UX and content guidance for the Amazon Q Developer web-based service, including reviewing and approving user-facing text such as fields, error messages, and dialog boxes to ensure clarity, consistency, and style compliance. Interview and assess technical writer candidates. Develop onboarding documentation and internal wikis for new AWS writers by researching required tools, processes, and environments, adapting general onboarding materials to writer-specific needs, and coordinating scope and timelines with leadership. Perform team-lead responsibilities for Q Developer documentation, including facilitating bi-weekly backlog grooming and sprint planning meetings, reviewing analytics, producing monthly status summaries, performing capacity planning, and reporting insights to management. Analyze Adobe Analytics data to assess documentation usage and trends, compare performance across services, and support data-driven decisions related to prioritization and resourcing.

Position Requirements:

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Communications, English, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have five years of experience in the following skill(s): (1) creating and maintaining technical documentation for software products; (2) working with engineering and product teams to document complex systems and workflows; (3) structured authoring (XML or HTML), content strategy, usability, and information architecture; (4) testing software features, reporting defects, and incorporating customer feedback; (5) UX writing, style guide enforcement, analytics tools, and agile development processes; and (6) facilitating meetings, capacity planning, and communicating with stakeholders.

Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $126,797/year to $170,200/year.

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit:

https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.#0000

Basic Qualifications

Position Requirements:

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Communications, English, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have five years of experience in the following skill(s): (1) creating and maintaining technical documentation for software products; (2) working with engineering and product teams to document complex systems and workflows; (3) structured authoring (XML or HTML), content strategy, usability, and information architecture; (4) testing software features, reporting defects, and incorporating customer feedback; (5) UX writing, style guide enforcement, analytics tools, and agile development processes; and (6) facilitating meetings, capacity planning, and communicating with stakeholders.#0000

Preferred Qualifications

Please see job description and the position requirements above.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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Pay in context

This role's base floor ($126,797) is above 37% of the 447 Communications & Media roles nationwide listed on this site. Their median floor is $137,000; the middle half runs from $120,000 to $169,400.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Tech Writer-Tech III - AMZ10061234 (this listing)$126,797 - $170,200
Principal Pgm Mgr - Amazon Shipping, Amazon ShippingFrom $124,900
Manager III, Procurement - AMZ9674909$124,700 - $168,700
Regional Environmental Engineer, AWS Environmental Team$125,400 - $187,300
Brand Marketing Manager, Outbound Marketing, Amazon Devices$125,400 - $169,600
Sr. Construction Manager, Data Center Construction$125,400 - $187,300
Sr. Marketing Manager, Whole Foods Market$125,400 - $169,600

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Amazon roles · How to read the bar

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2026-07-27
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40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $126,797/year to $170,200/year.

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