Plan and complete assigned work, communicate effectively orally and in writing; motivate and work with people; quickly adapt to new technical environments (multiple disciplines); manage multiple projects with dynamic pri…
Engineering & IT · Richmond, VA
Technical Writer jobs in Richmond, VA
Technical writers turn complex products into documentation people can actually use — API references, user guides, and internal docs — working closely with engineers to get the details right.
13
Open roles today
$26–$62/hr
Typical pay range
$87k
Median, full-time
5
Fresh in this list
No email, no resume, no sign-up. Save any listing below and you start anonymously.
You're signed in. Saving a listing drops it straight into your pipeline.
01
Open technical writer roles
12 shown of 13 · sorted by freshness
$90k - $190k
Specific responsibilities for the Full-Stack Developer position include: Collaborate with team members and clients to deliver a technical solution that meet the unique needs of our clients Create quality deliverables to…
: Position Overview About Harris Williams We are a global investment bank specializing in M&A and private capital advisory services. Clients worldwide rely on us to help unlock value in their business and turn ambitious…
Standard Operating Procedures) and GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) throughout the plant. Reports all food safety concerns to Technical Services and Plant leadership. Education and Experience: B.S. in marketing, adver…
engineer and AI support engineer who Lead L2L3 application support and engineering activities Act as the primary customer facing technical lead responsible for incident management release coordination stakeholder communi…
$61 - $66 per hour
scalability. Support QA/UAT cycles, ensuring deliverables meet business and usability expectations. Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for long-term knowledge sharing. Job Req: Preferred Skills & T…
employees to utilize new technologies and learning materials • Troubleshoot issues effectively and in a timely fashion • Provide technical support to instructional team as needed OTHER FUNCTIONS: • Follows all safety pol…
# Job Title: Java backend engineer with AWS Location: McLean/Richmond- VA Tech stack: (Java, ETL, SPARK, AWS, Glue) Technologies Used: Familiar with Glue, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, Lambda, S3, Open source frameworks Job…
$80.8k - $92.2k
provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email…
$80k - $120k
correspondence, scope change submittals, and other project documentation per customer and corporate guidelines Perform field work and technical research Maintain project files and documentation Certify accuracy and compl…
$179.4k - $204.7k
production deployments with reliability and speed. Collaborate with marketing stakeholders to translate campaign and product goals into technical solutions. Drive Core Web Vitals scores, SEO best practices and web access…
Hyman Bros. Infiniti, Richmond VA is seeking an organized and detailed Service Advisor. We have a Brand New facility heat and ac and business is growing daily. We are open Monday-Friday 7:30am-5:30pm and Saturdays 8am-1p…
02
What technical writers earn in Richmond
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $26–$36 | $54k–$74k |
| Mid level | $36–$48 | $74k–$99k |
| Senior | $47–$62 | $97k–$129k |
Adjusted for the Richmond market from national ranges.
03
What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Clear, plain-language writingDocs-as-code (Markdown, Git)API documentation (OpenAPI)Information architectureInterviewing engineersStyle guides and consistencyBasic scripting or code readingDocs tooling (Docusaurus, etc.)Editing and review workflows
04
Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through your process for documenting a feature you know nothing about.
Show the sequence: use the product yourself, interview the engineers, draft, and validate with real users or support tickets. Trying the product firsthand is the key beat.
How do you decide what not to include in documentation?
Anchor on audience and task: what does this reader need to succeed right now. Cutting is the craft — show you treat concision as a feature.
An engineer gives you inaccurate or incomplete information. How do you handle it?
Verify against the product, ask precise follow-ups, and build review loops into your process. Show persistence without friction.
How do you keep documentation from going stale?
Talk about docs-as-code tied to release workflows, ownership models, feedback channels, and auditing high-traffic pages. Staleness is the industry's chronic disease — show a system.
How do you measure whether documentation is working?
Page analytics, search terms, support-ticket deflection, and user feedback. Connecting docs to reduced support load is the strongest business case.
Tell me about a doc set you restructured. What drove the changes?
Describe the user problem — findability, task mismatch — and the information architecture you moved to. Evidence of user thinking beats aesthetic preference.
05
Resume tips that move the needle
For technical writers specifically — generic advice costs you here
01
Link writing samples matched to the job: API docs for API roles, user guides for product roles — the portfolio is the interview.
02
Quantify impact where possible: support tickets deflected, onboarding time cut, docs traffic and satisfaction scores.
03
List your toolchain (Markdown, Git, Docusaurus, OpenAPI) because docs-as-code fluency is now a standard screen.
04
Show technical depth honestly — languages you can read, APIs you have called yourself — since it defines which roles fit.
05
Mention style guide ownership or editing responsibilities; they signal you raise a whole team's quality, not just your own pages.
06
Where this role goes
Typical progression
01
Junior Technical Writer
02
Technical Writer
03
Senior Technical Writer
04
Documentation Manager
Ten quiet minutes a day
Applying for technical writer jobs in Richmond?
Robbi carries this page into your first day: your role, your city, your shift preference. Then it hands you a few small things each morning and keeps the pipeline honest.
Save what looks right here, then let Robbi hand you a few small things each morning and keep the follow-ups honest.
Start with this search
No email, no resume, no sign-up.
Open your tracker
Everything you saved is already there.