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Stewart Matzek

Senior Technical Writer

(702) 513-1360

Motivated technical writer with 10+ years of experience. Focused on creating clear, user-friendly, and accessible documentation in docs-as-code and agile environments.

Professional Experience

Senior Technical Writer

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 2022 - Present

Oversees all content production, review, and publishing for the AWS Well-Architected Framework, pillar guides, and lens whitepapers. Designed docs-as-code infrastructure for documentation writing and editing. Conducts market and SEO research, and generates high-level metrics reports.

Docs-as-code Automation Cloud documentation API documentation Process improvement

Senior Technical Writer

Rediker Software 2021 - 2022

Developed framework and documentation for net new education software from scratch. Distributed release notes and customer emails on new features, updates, and bug fixes. Evaluated and implemented customer feedback to enhance documentation readability and clarity.

Software documentation New product documentation Customer outreach Release notes Ticket management

Technical Writer

Digital River 2019 - 2021

Wrote and maintained suite of API and software documentation for an ecommerce product suite. Presented and implemented large-scale overhaul of developer experience for an API-first, headless ecommerce documentation site. Researched, applied, and migrated documentation into new docs system.

API documentation Developer experience API reference UI design Persona development

Technical Writer

Tesla 2017 - 2019

Created and updated robotics maintenance documentation, internal and external factory management software guides, and training presentations for a variety of audiences from line workers to managers.

Software documentation Agile Manufacturing Maintenance

Freelance Technical Writer

Larkin Communication Consulting 2014 - 2017

Rewrote and redesigned industrial and manufacturing safety manuals for clarity, concision, and improved safety language.

Documentation design Documentation overhaul Self-paced work Fast turnaround

Education

University of Nevada, Reno

BA in English Writing, minor in Teaching English as a Second Language 2011 - 2015

Skills

Docs-as-code

Markdown GitLab GitHub CI/CD MkDocs Docusaurus Hugo

Automation

Python Amazon Q GitLab pipelines

Technical documentation

Cloud documentation Developer documentation Software documentation API documentation Instructional documentation Safety manuals Engineering manuals Document design Blogs and marketing Metrics reporting

APIs

Swagger Postman REST APIs

Software and tools

Git Amazon Bedrock Adobe Creative Suite Oxygen Confluence Jira MadCap Flare HTML CSS XML