Adyen
Technical Writer - Docs Excellence
Chicago · Mid
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~30% per draw at Level II). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$8,722 more — $108,722 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $108,722 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Technical Writers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Technical Writers (27-3042) · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Our Docs Excellence team is looking for a systems-minded Technical Writer to join us in Chicago.
- This isn't a traditional writing role: we treat technical content as structured, living knowledge rather than static pages, and you'll operate as equal parts System Builder and Technical Curator.
- You'll step into an established documentation practice: existing style guidelines, a domain-based team structure, and a workflow that blends traditional technical writing with AI-assisted tooling, and you'll help evolve it further as a Knowledge Architect.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain metadata schemas (YAML front matter), ontology, and rules that support automated, first-pass content generation workflows.
- Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Support, and Implementation Managers to capture platform logic and validate merchant integration flows.
Requirements
- 3+ years documenting complex technical spaces, including APIs, SDKs, or developer platforms, with a portfolio that shows real writing and editing craft.
- Experience with Postman, VS Code, or similar tools.
- Basic ability to read code snippets (Java, Python, TypeScript) to verify API logic.
Nice to have
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Compensation
- The annual base salary range for this role is $100,000 - $125,000 plus RSUs; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.
Company info
- This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice.
- We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team.
- We offer an environment of ownership and speed.
This listing is sourced directly from Adyen's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.