# Technical Storyteller

**Company:** [Blacksmith](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blacksmith)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Technical Writing
**Salary:** $150k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Writing, Content Marketing, devrel, hacker news, developer social media, technical storytelling, launch narratives, benchmarking, deep dives
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> Build and own the technical content engine for a high-growth CI/infrastructure platform company. Extract stories from complex engineering work, design launches, produce deep technical content that resonates with developers, and extend across blog, video, talks, and social.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and run the content engine to turn launches and engineering work into a reliable cadence of high-quality technical content.
- Design launch narratives, including announcements, docs-adjacent explainers, and demos; work closely with the Product team to build playbooks that reduce overhead for each launch.
- Identify customer stories, interview engineering teams, and write compelling content that resonates with other engineers.
- Produce high-bar technical content such as deep dives, benchmarks, teardowns, comparisons, and argumentative essays.
- Extend content across formats including video, YouTube, docs, changelog, conference talks, and company social accounts.

## Requirements
- 5+ years writing for a technical audience (developer media, technical content marketing, DevRel, or engineering-adjacent journalism).
- Published work that has gained traction (e.g., front page of Hacker News, widely quoted threads, content engineers share, or self-built audience); links to writing samples required.
- Deep enough understanding of technical concepts to present them credibly; genuine curiosity about infrastructure, CI, and the broader market.
- Ability to extract stories from engineers by reading design docs or pull requests, developing a thesis, and asking targeted questions.
- Write with a distinct point of view, favoring arguable over safe content.
- Very online with strong instincts for developer social channels, Hacker News, X, and early trends.
- High autonomy to decide what is worth writing with no existing manager, briefs, or calendar.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience extending content into video, conference talks, or other multimedia formats.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive base + equity.
- Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
- 401k match.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Annual offsite.
- Early-exercise stock options.
- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US).

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