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DigitalOcean | Technical Editor | New York, NY | Remote | Full-time DigitalOcean is hiring a Python and tech writing expert. We want you to publish project-based tutorials to teach the open-source community about Python development from the ground up! You’ll be focusing on content that can help coders bridge the gap from programming boot camps to employment-ready coding skills. The role will grow to include other development languages: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Go, PHP, etc. The Editor's job is to select, review, and publish submissions from external authors in the DigitalOcean Community (https://www.digitalocean.com/community). Responsibilities: * Evaluating proposed tutorial topics for interest to the open-source community, value in teaching readers how to code at different levels of technical difficulty, and practical utility * Delivering editorial notes to help authors improve the technical details and quality of writing in each tutorial * Publishing tutorials about real world projects in Python and, eventually, additional development languages * Assisting other teams with editorial and non-editorial tasks, like blog posts and case studies Our ideal candidate has: * Excellent written and verbal English communication skills * Comfort with maintaining author relationships * 2+ years of development experience in Python * Some Linux experience (should be able to deploy projects and navigate the command line) * Formal or informal experience with teaching or mentoring developers * Experience or interest in instructional writing Please apply at https://www.digitalocean.com/company/careers/#technical-edit...