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Software engineering writer internship

Ritza.co is looking for an intern software engineering writer.

Our engineering writers are people who are interested in both software engineering and writing.

We build proof of concept applications using specific platforms and stacks, and write guides to help others replicate the same in less time.

Ritza produces technical tutorials, guides, ebooks, and other educational materials, with an emphasis on the technical side -- nearly all of our articles contain code samples, so strong engineering skills are required.

About the role

  • 🌐 Globally distributed company (provide your own laptop, internet, and a quiet space to work). Most of the team is sin either Cape Town or Joburg.
  • 💰 R25000 compensation
  • 🕐 Our core working hours are 9AM - 5PM UTC+2. This is a 40h/week contract role.
  • 📆 One full calendar month duration

We work mainly asynchronously over Slack, but you will have a weekly one-on-one for mentorship and discussing your work.

Your day-to-day work will consist of building proof-of-concept applications using different stacks and frameworks, writing about how you did it, and helping us keep our existing articles and ebooks up-to-date. The tools we use include GitHub, Slack, Markdown, and Google Docs, but we don't require experience in these.

Requirements

  • You have some experience in full stack coding. Our projects vary a lot so you need to be able to pick up the basics of new stacks and frameworks as required. You should have at least some experience in a backend language like JavaScript (backend) or Python, and some frontend experience in HTML and CSS. Bonus points if you also have some experience with system administration and 'DevOps' such as using Linux VPSs, Docker, AWS/GCP, configuring databases, etc.
  • You have some demonstrable experience in writing. We don't care too much what this is. If you have a technical blog, that's great. If you have done a BA degree in something like English, Philosophy, Psychology or anything where you had to write structured essays of 2000+ words then this might also be a good role for you.
  • You're available to fully dedicate your time to us duing the internship period - this is not something you can do on the side while doing another job or studying.
  • You're self motivated and you take initiative. You'll be working alone for long periods of time without supervision and you'll be expected to be productive and to actively communicate with the team over slack.

Apply

Apply by filling out this form. (Note that this is a generic form we use for several roles, so some fields may not apply).

Email gareth-at-ritza-dot-co if you have questions with 'INTERN ENGINEERING WRITER' as a subject.

Please note the application guidelines here to increase your chance of success.

[We are also hiring for several existing and future projects, so feel free to fill out the form if you’re interested in tech writing in general but don't meet the requirements mentioned above].