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title: "Where I’d Look for Technical Writing Jobs"
author: Gaurav Trivedi
date: 2026-11-12T00:00:00+05:30
canonical: https://beingtechnicalwriter.com/where-are-technical-writers-finding-work/
category: Technical Writing
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# Where I’d Look for Technical Writing Jobs

> **How this was written:** Written with AI in the loop. The argument is mine. The polish isn't entirely. See https://beingtechnicalwriter.com/how-i-write/

The other day I was scrolling Reddit when a post stopped me.

*Where are the jobs?*

Ten years of experience. They’d managed a documentation department. They’d been out of work since April. They were asking where they could actually go to find a job, even if it meant moving. I kept thinking about that question. If I had to start looking tomorrow, where would I go? [The Reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/1xn5og3/where_are_the_jobs/)

![An overhead illustration of a laptop showing job listings beside printed documentation samples.](/assets/where-are-technical-writers-finding-work.jpg)

## What I’d search for tomorrow

I started with job descriptions. Three listings in India were all advertised as technical writing jobs, but what you’d bring to each interview was different:

- **Energy and industrial equipment:** Search `technical writer DITA`. A [junior role in Bengaluru](https://gevernova.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vernova_ExternalSite/job/Bengaluru/Technical-Writer_R5054936-2) asked for XML, DITA, and two to five years of experience. If you’ve done structured authoring, bring a topic you reused in two manuals and show how you handled the differences. And read that first line again: junior, with at least two years of experience.
- **Identity software:** Search `technical writer identity` or `developer documentation authentication`. A [senior role in Bengaluru](https://www.okta.com/company/careers/marketing/senior-technical-writer-7685798/) called for docs that help developers integrate with an identity product. A setup guide you’ve run against a real or test environment gives you something to talk through, especially if you can show where a reader could get stuck.
- **Healthcare technology:** Search `technical writer healthcare requirements`. A [remote role within India](https://jobs.gainwelltechnologies.com/job/Bangalore-Technical-Writer-KA-560100/1444967200/) included requirements documentation and work with reference data. Think about a rule you had to clarify, the exception someone raised, and how you checked the revised wording with the people who used it.

The title changes, too. A [**Documentation Engineer** listing in New York](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/modal/f3b0e8e8-d7f5-441c-9a83-d7711543f541) asked for automated checks on code examples and prose, and for at least three years in engineering, product, or developer relations. A [**Senior Documentation Engineer** listing for the U.S. and Canada](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lancedb/ec98cf2b-3d82-432b-a4e3-806b97baf81c) asked for runnable examples and checks on API references, links, and content quality. I’d search for the title and add `docs-as-code` or `API documentation` if the results were full of unrelated engineering roles.

These five ads are a snapshot from **November 12, 2026**. They show what employers were asking for. By the time you read this, some may have closed.

Try this with [LinkedIn Jobs in Bengaluru](https://in.linkedin.com/jobs/technical-writing-jobs-bengaluru), [LinkedIn Jobs in the U.S.](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/technical-writer-jobs), or your local board. Search `technical writer` first. Then run one of the more specific searches above with the same location and date filters. Compare the first ten results from each, or however many you get. Open the employer’s posting to check whether it’s still accepting applications, where you can work from, and how much experience it asks for. Count the distinct jobs you could apply for and name a sample you could discuss for each. **Did the second search turn up even one role you would have missed?**

## The routes people actually took

One answer was in the replies to the original post. A technical writer in Canada who’d been laid off in December 2025 said they’d widened their search to writing and editing roles and accepted a temporary government job as a **Writer/Editor**. That’s a title I’d try on public-sector career pages as well as job boards. [GC Jobs](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/opportunities/government.html) is one place to look for federal roles in Canada. Another commenter, a writer with government contracting experience near Washington, DC, reported three interviews after starting a search in October. They were still employed, and their contract was coming to an end. [The accounts in the original thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/1xn5og3/where_are_the_jobs/)

In a July thread, a writer said they’d searched for technical writing jobs in their area and followed a result to a staffing firm that usually placed manual workers. That’s how they got a job at a company that, by their account, had never hired a technical writer before. If your work has been in manufacturing, look up who recruits for manufacturers near you and check their vacancies directly. That’s a different set of employers from the ones you’ll find searching software company career pages. [The staffing firm account](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/1ur04v7/recent_grad_student_wondering_about_unique/)

The U.S. employment data gave me a reason to look outside software, too. **39%** of U.S. technical writing jobs in 2025 were in professional, scientific, and technical services. Manufacturing and the information sector each accounted for **13%**. That’s where people worked, so it won’t tell you who’s hiring this morning. It does tell you how much of the occupation you leave out if you never look at a manufacturer. [Employment by industry](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/technical-writers.htm#tab-3)

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## When the job never gets posted

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counted about **46,400 technical writing jobs in 2025**. It projects **1% growth through 2035**, against **3% across all occupations**, and about **3,200 openings a year**, mostly to replace people who change occupations or leave the workforce. In the original Reddit thread, a retired writer said at least ten other writers from their former company had retired in the past year. According to them, none of the positions were refilled. One company. But if you were waiting for one of those jobs to go up, you might still be waiting. [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/technical-writers.htm) · [The writer’s account](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/comments/1xn5og3/where_are_the_jobs/)

I’ve built a workflow that pulls a Jira ticket, drafts the docs, and reviews the draft. The review step looked like a second opinion. It had the same sources and many of the same blind spots as the writer. Anthropic’s Claude usage study shows people are already asking AI to review published material and see if it needs updating. **Which part of your job did someone hand to AI this year? Who took responsibility for what came back? If you left tomorrow, would the company hire another writer?** [The Trust Layer Nobody Built](/trust-layer-nobody-built/) · [Anthropic Economic Index](https://www.anthropic.com/research/anthropic-economic-index-january-2026-report)

In U.S. payroll data through June 2026, Stanford researchers found that employment for people aged 22 to 25 in AI-exposed occupations was **19% below where it would have been if it had kept pace with their less-exposed peers**. Most of the gap came from weaker hiring. The result covers several occupations, and the authors describe it as descriptive rather than causal. I think about that junior listing asking for two years. **If a team hires fewer juniors, where does the next senior writer get those first two years of experience?** [Stanford Digital Economy Lab](https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/)

## The sample I’d bring to an interview

If someone asked about my portfolio, I’d open one test from Work Hub, a tool I built to pull documentation work from Jira, GitLab, and GitHub into one brief. Here’s the problem I’d explain. A Jira ticket can be open today and missing from tomorrow’s list. What can the tool tell me about what happened to it?

I designed the brief to remember the selected ticket and check it directly in Jira the next time it runs. It keeps Jira’s status and the progress of the local draft separate. In one test, Jira confirms the ticket is **Done** while the local workflow still records the draft stage. In another, the list is incomplete and the direct check fails. The tool reports that verification is unavailable. [Work Hub’s offline tests](https://github.com/gtrivedi88/work-hub/blob/3f56da1a188c2d22c68a8fd8d2c44b139655b7c9/tests/test_personal_workflow.py#L246-L350)

I’d bring that test to a documentation engineering interview to show what I do when the tool can’t confirm a ticket’s status. The same question comes up when you test code examples. If the test environment is down, can you tell the difference between an example that failed and one that never ran?

If your sample is a procedure, open the version someone got stuck on and show the step you changed. Explain how you found the problem, what you did about it, and what you saw when you tried the revised step. If the work belongs to a team, say which part was yours. A before-and-after excerpt and an honest account of how you checked it can give you plenty to talk about.

**What’s one piece of work in your portfolio that you can explain that way?** If you want a second pair of eyes on a sample for a role you’re considering, that’s something we can cover in a [Technical Writing Career Reset session](https://topmate.io/gaurav_trivedi/1039206).

## Where was the first lead?

I don’t know what happened to the writer who posted that question. And five listings won’t tell me whether jobs under new titles make up for the ones that never get posted. But I found documentation work I’d have missed by searching for my own title alone, and writers who’d found leads outside the places I would have checked first.

*Where are the jobs?* If you’ve been hired recently, I’d like to hear about the part before the offer. Where did the first lead come from, and what was the job called?