Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing and financial market infrastructure and helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.
Leveraging Visa’s solutions, our core platform, and an expanding suite of capabilities, Pismo addresses the technological challenges that large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies face in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology in the market. Pismo’s cloud-based platform empowers firms to build and launch financial products rapidly, scaling as they grow to have a broader audience while keeping high security and availability standards.
Pismo’s 500+ employees are located in more than 10 countries around the world.
Job DescriptionAs a Technical Writer on the Customer and Developer Experience team, you will collaborate with experts across the company to produce developer guides, API reference documentation, and other educational materials that help developers get the most out of the Pismo platform. You’ll develop new external content from internal source documentation, and update existing resources by editing, reorganizing, and verifying the accuracy of code samples and instructions. You’ll also participate in initiatives to establish style guidelines and processes and contribute ideas to enhance the Pismo developer experience. We’re looking for a proactive, flexible, and hands-on writer to help us manage and improve our external developer portal.
Key Responsibilities
- Write clear and concise documentation to educate external developers about Pismo’s features and functionality.
- Work closely with engineers, product managers, and other team members to collect source information, obtain technical reviews, and test code samples, as necessary.
- Collaborate with engineers to edit reference specification files, generate code samples, and publish Postman collections.
- Edit, reorganize, and verify the accuracy of existing developer guides.
- Work with the design team to craft user experience content.
- Participate in team initiatives to establish styles and processes and contribute to internal knowledge-sharing.
This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.
QualificationsBasic Qualifications:
3+ years of experience in technical writing.
Bachelor’s degree in technical writing, computer science, or a related field.
Ability to write effective technical content for a developer audience. Knowledge of RESTful APIs and OpenAPI standards required.
Knowledge of JSON and Postman preferred.
Ability to communicate effectively with remote cross-functional team members.
Proficiency with various authoring, CMS, and task management tools. Readme, Confluence, and JIRA preferred.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and learn new skills quickly.
Knowledge of technical writing standards and common style guides.
Experience in Fintech, Banking, or Payments preferred.
Experience writing UX text preferred.
Proficiency in Portuguese a strong plus.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
