Build your future with Sovos.

If you are looking for an opportunity where career-minded professionals can achieve success while bringing their best and whole selves to work each day, Sovos may be the company you have been looking for. Employees at Sovos operate on the leading edge of digital technology while working to improve lives and the communities in which we live and work. When we say Solve Tax for Good, we mean For Good in every sense of the word. Our organizational commitment is to provide a place where employees can thrive and progress in their careers while having the support behind them that only a global company can offer.

Sound like this might be the opportunity you have been looking for?

Take a look at our career posting below.  Don’t check all the boxes? Apply anyway!  We are focused on hiring the right people, not the “right” CVs.

It’s not about what you have done somewhere else, it’s all about what you are capable of doing here.

The Work You’ll Do:

The Technical Writer will work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, software developers, quality assurance engineers and support leaders to ensure delivery of high quality and effective documentation to our end users.

 What are my responsibilities going to be, more specifically?

• Analyze and evaluates client needs and structures documentation to meet them
• Provide input for and modifies templates, structure, and document presentation
• Drive process and deliverable improvement initiatives
• Analyze existing documentation and determines ways to restructure and fill gaps
• Proofread/audit new and existing documentation for standards compliance
• Comprehend features and functionality that allows independent development of content Identify copy and substantive edits within their own work and the work of others to eliminate defects
• Work with Product Team(s) efficiently to ensure technical accuracy
• Complete large and complex backlog items for Product Team(s)
• Work with Product Team(s) to identify backlog items
• Attend design meetings to thoroughly understand features that are to be documented
• Create and publishes new online content using functional specifications and research for Product Team(s)
• Work independently to identify and implement necessary changes to release-specific user guides, installation guides and release notes

What We Need From You:

Essential Job Functions:

• Interact effectively with teammates, colleagues and customers
• Comprehend and communicate complex concepts
• Concentrate, analyze and resolve complex problems
• Utilize technology (e.g. phone systems, computer hardware and software applications) to fulfill work requirements

What We Would Like You to Have:

• B.A. degree in English or a communication or technical discipline, or B.A. degree plus equivalent experience
• 2-6 years’ experience writing technical documentation for software applications
• Working in agile software development
• Supporting multiple agile software development teams
• Operating within highly-matrixed organizations a plus
• Experience using source control and defect-tracking systems

What Does Sovos Offer You?

The tools to enhance your life - because we want you to enjoy your life outside of work

• Continuing opportunities for further Learning & Development
• Progressive Wellness Program
• A chance to work with talented and passionate people in a rewarding and values-driven environment!
• Mentoring Programs
• Management Bootcamps and Development Trainings
• Yearly performance reviews where compensation and performance are assessed and rewarded generously
• Clear paths for growth within our roles (but we know that career development can be like a spider web, not a ladder - we give you the tools to move outside of your career as well!)
• Visit our careers page to learn more!

Sovos is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment that celebrates diversity and where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees.  We do not discriminate against race, color, religions, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic provided by law. At Sovos, all employees are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.

Company Background

Sovos was built to solve the complexities of the digital transformation of tax, with complete, connected offerings for tax determination, continuous transaction controls, tax reporting and more. Sovos customers include half the Fortune 500, as well as businesses of every size operating in more than 70 countries. The company’s SaaS products and proprietary Sovos S1 Platform integrate with a wide variety of business applications and government compliance processes. Sovos has employees throughout the Americas and Europe, and is owned by Hg and TA Associates. For more information visit www.sovos.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter