Senior Manager - Developer Content

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here.  We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. 

DigitalOcean's Developer Content Team creates written and multimedia content that delights developers and empowers them to grow on DigitalOcean. Our Community Site provides developers with high-quality tutorials and guides on SysAdmin and DevOps topics, including Ubuntu, Java, Python, and other cloud infrastructure and AI/ML topics.

We’re looking for a Senior Manager who will also be India Lead of Developer Content to lead a team responsible for reviewing, maintaining, and optimising our extensive library of technical tutorials. This role requires a technical leader with an engineering background who understands developer workflows, has experience coding, and can drive content quality, accuracy, and discoverability.
 

• Oversee the review, validation, and maintenance of technical tutorials on topics like Ubuntu server administration, cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, Java, Python, and Linux-based deployments.
• Ensure all technical content is up-to-date, accurate, and aligned with best practices in cloud computing and open-source technologies.
• Validate code samples, update outdated tutorials, and rewrite content for clarity and relevance.
• Optimize tutorials for SEO and search discoverability while maintaining developer-friendly readability and the high quality DigitalOcean is known for.
• Define content quality standards and best practices to ensure tutorials meet both technical and editorial excellence.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of developer content specialists focused on the maintenance of existing content.
• Ensure your team is following existing content review processes and workflows, and suggesting improvements to streamline updates and validation.
• Work cross-functionally with our SEO team and other Developer Content teams to align our content maintenance strategy with other content areas and growth needs.
• Set and track team KPIs and establish systems to track team outputs and the performance of maintained content. 
• Implement tools and processes to streamline content validation and updates, ensuring high efficiency and accuracy.
   

• Technical background: Experience in SysAdmin, DevOps, or software engineering, with proficiency in Ubuntu, cloud computing, and scripting languages like Python or Bash preferred.
• Content expertise: Strong writing and editing skills with experience in technical content creation, developer documentation, or community-driven content.
• SEO & analytics knowledge: Familiarity with keyword research, search performance analysis, and content optimization strategies.
• Leadership experience: Proven ability to manage and grow a team of technical writers or content specialists.
• Highly organized: Ability to manage multiple content projects, prioritize effectively, and improve editorial workflows.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with distributed teams across time zones.  
• Experience with Markdown and GitHub workflows for content publishing, including experience running a Git repository locally on your machine and running it through the terminal. 
   

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

 

*This job is located in Hyderabad, India

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