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Interactive BrokersPosting location: Greenwich · United StatesIndependent fictional example, not company material.

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Hannah Campbell

Senior Technical Writer · Greenwich · United States

Senior Technical Writer with experience in information architecture, developer clarity, adoption, and documentation quality. Practical work includes API documentation, Executable code examples, Migration guides, Information architecture.

Experience

Interactive Brokers

Greenwich · United States

Senior Technical Writer

Jan 2021 - now

  • As workstream lead, wrote API documentation for authentication, pagination, and error recovery, testing every Python example against a sandbox; fixed a sample that hid a required token scope.
  • With responsibility for the review standard, used technical writing reviews with developer support to turn repeated integration questions into task-based guides; checked prerequisites and expected responses with a reader unfamiliar with the API.
  • Ran every code sample against the documented SDK version, separated prerequisites from optional steps, and added migration notes for renamed API fields.
  • Owned API documentation validation using Python and JavaScript examples, resolved obsolete parameters and completed every quickstart from a clean developer account.
  • Published a technical-writing style guide using support-ticket evidence, reduced repeated setup questions by 28% in the next monthly support review.

Datadog

New York · United States

Technical Writer

Mar 2016 - Dec 2020

  • Introduced content ownership and 90-day reviews for 64 critical pages; aligned review standards and decision owners across the participating teams. Working with partner teams, prevented the same exception from recurring in the next review.
  • Reviewed a proposed change against the existing interface contract, reproduced a reviewer’s edge case, and added the missing test or example before merging the change.
  • Investigated a failure reported by a downstream team using the exact version and input they supplied. Reduced it to a reproducible test, delivered the fix with compatibility notes, and confirmed the original case passed before closing the report.

Selected project

Technical Writer — independent case study

Cross-functional project lead

Mar 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Observed 12 developers completing first-integration tasks and rewrote the quickstart; aligned review standards and decision owners across the participating teams
  • Built an isolated fixture with normal, malformed and interrupted inputs; recorded the expected response before running the implementation so failures were distinguishable from a changed assumption.
  • Packaged the reproduction steps, configuration and regression tests with the project; checked the instructions from a clean environment and documented the unsupported cases instead of claiming production readiness.
  • Owned the independent regression fixture using isolated inputs, resolved a failing edge case and released a reproducible test package with expected outputs.

Education

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington · United States

B.S. Computer Science

Sep 2008 - Jun 2012

Relevant coursework: Algorithms, operating systems, databases, computer networks

Skills

Role expertise

API documentation · Executable code examples · Migration guides · Information architecture

Publications

  • Published an independent technical note using the project’s before-and-after traces, explaining the failed assumption, regression coverage and cases the implementation does not support.

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Interactive Brokers

Technical Writer – Software Development

Greenwich · United StatesMid-level

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  • In the posting
      • documentation
      ATS keywords with experience

    “This role supports our software engineering community — helping engineers learn, grow, and work more effectively by producing the documentation, training content, and enablement materials they rely on.”

    In this resume
    As workstream lead, wrote API documentation for authentication, pagination, and error recovery, testing every Python example against a sandbox; fixed a sample that hid a required token scope.
    Senior Technical Writer · Interactive Brokers
  • In the posting
      • API
      • technical writing
      ATS keywords with experience

    “Write, edit, and maintain high-quality technical content including API documentation, READMEs, runbooks, integration guides, architecture overviews, and SDK references.”

    “We are looking for a Technical Writer, Developer Experience to join our Learning and Development organization, sitting within the technical writing team.”

    In this resume
    With responsibility for the review standard, used technical writing reviews with developer support to turn repeated integration questions into task-based guides; checked prerequisites and expected responses with a reader unfamiliar with the API.
    Senior Technical Writer · Interactive Brokers
  • In the posting
      • Python
      • developer
      • JavaScript
      ATS keywords with experience

    “Software engineering background — you have written code, understand software development workflows, and can read and write code samples fluently (Python, JavaScript, or similar).”

    “We are looking for a Technical Writer, Developer Experience to join our Learning and Development organization, sitting within the technical writing team.”

    In this resume
    Owned API documentation validation using Python and JavaScript examples, resolved obsolete parameters and completed every quickstart from a clean developer account.
    Senior Technical Writer · Interactive Brokers
  • In the posting
      • Technical documentation
      • architecture
      No relevant experience found

    “Technical Documentation-”

    “Write, edit, and maintain high-quality technical content including API documentation, READMEs, runbooks, integration guides, architecture overviews, and SDK references.”

    In this resume

    No supporting experience found. Do not add this keyword unless your own work supports it.

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