Web Performance Advocate/Technical Writer
About DebugBear DebugBear helps companies monitor and optimize the speed of their websites. Typical users of our product are front-end developers, technical SEOs, and business owners. We’re looking for someone who wants to develop a deep understanding of web performance and create technical content on this topic. For example, you could write an in-depth guide on how to optimize the Largest Contentful Paint metric or investigate the impact Chrome extensions have on website performance. DebugBear is a small business with two people currently working full time. You will be working directly with the founder and have a big impact on how we grow and reach more customers. DebugBear is fully remote, but we expect at least 4 hours of overlap with UK work hours. About the role You will:
- Write articles on web performance
- Interpret the results of web performance tests
- Improve existing content and keep it up to date
As part of writing an article, you might:
- Discuss ideas for new articles
- Research the topic and what has been written about it across the web
- Create a test website to experiment with a browser feature
- Write a script that runs Lighthouse tests on 100 URLs in a CSV
- Create an outline, write the article, and add a screenshot to illustrate the article
- Make edits in response to feedback
At its core, this is a growth marketing role, but we deeply value high-quality technical content. For more examples of the type of articles you might work on, check out the https://www.debugbear.com/blog and site speed documentation. Depending on business needs and the work you like to do, you may also:
- Build free tools for testing site performance
- Support customers with web performance problems
- Maintain product documentation
- Create videos if that’s something you’re interested in
There’s a lot of flexibility in this role and we’ll discuss what you’re looking for as part of the interview process. About you
- Front-end development experience
- Experience writing technical articles
- Excellent written English
- Communicate frequently and proactively
Bonus:
- Experience optimizing site speed and Core Web Vitals
- Basic design skills to create graphics and diagrams to illustrate the content (example) or to create Open Graph images
What we offer
- Fully remote
- 30 days off a year
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