What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Writer position at Bethesda Game Studios?
Overview
Join Constellation!
Come join Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning development team behind Starfield, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Bethesda Game Studios strives to offer its employees a well-balanced home and work life by providing competitive salaries, a generous benefits program, and offices located in some of North America’s best cities.
With a goal of creating a culture as fun and diverse as our games and our players, we welcome applicants with unique skillsets, experience levels and backgrounds. If you are passionate about making a meaningful contribution to some of the most significant games in the industry we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities
Your Daily Life at Bethesda Game Studios
As Technical Writer, you will...
- Interview and work with developers across multiple disciplines to create consistently clear and digestible documentation for technically complex processes
- Create tutorials and walkthroughs related to using our engine, tools, and development processes
- Identify customer needs for technical documentation, best practices, and other instructional content
- Gather customer feedback on documentation to improve usability
Qualifications
What Makes You S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
- You have clear and concise writing skills, with the ability to tailor style and vocabulary to the audience
- You have at least 2 years of professional experience as a technical writer or in related job role
- You are experienced in using knowledge sharing tools and wikis (Confluence preferred)
- You possess a keen technical curiosity, with outstanding research and problem-solving skills
Preferred Skills
Bonus Skills
- You have web, video game development, or technology industry experience
- You have experience with other methods of presenting learning content, such as recorded video tutorials, live video streams, or instructor-led training
We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do – from recruiting for our studios, publishing and operations to fostering safe and respectful workplaces that encourage collaboration. Our culture is based on principles of respect, inclusion, and fair treatment and we welcome anyone into our family without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age.
Our diversity fuels our innovation and inspires us to create game worlds that bring us closer to the global community of players we serve.