Technical Editor

About Trail of BitsTrail of Bits helps secure the world’s most targeted organizations and products. We combine high-end security research with a real-world attacker mentality to reduce risk and fortify code.As a cybersecurity research and consulting firm, we serve clients in the defense, tech, finance, and blockchain industries. We help with their most difficult security challenges by designing and building new technology, researching new techniques to advance the state of practice, and reviewing the security of the latest available technology products before they hit the market.Our team consumes, produces, and presents research as a natural part of doing business. When we make new discoveries or developments, we strive to share our knowledge and release our tools as open source. It’s a practice that’s earned us industry accolades and helped contribute to our double-digit bottom-line growth.Role A technical editor with exceptional communication, writing, editing, and critical thinking skills provides editing support to the assurance and professional services teams. This position is focused on ensuring our clients receive clear and quality technical documentation. 

Responsibilities

• Edit and finalize up to five technical client-facing reports per week, ensuring that issues are resolved and corporate style guidelines are applied.
• Deliver edited publications and reports on time in a fast-paced environment with many quick-turnaround projects.
• Edit blog posts, white papers, website content, marketing materials, and any other Trail of Bits written content as needed.
• Contribute to and maintain the Trail of Bits in-house style guide to inform writing and editing standards.
• Conduct writing workshops and coaching sessions with writers across the organization to improve technical writing skills. 
• When an opportunity arises, improve technical editing workflow capabilities through strategy, analytics, and tracking.
• Coordinate weekly with project managers and other editors to align on deadlines and priorities.
• Regularly re-review internal technical editing team documentation (e.g., process documentation, the style guide, and the technical editing handbook) to maintain accuracy and relevance.
• Maintain quality and brand alignment across all platforms and content. 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferred
• At least 3 years of technical copyediting experience
• Excellent editing skills with the ability to pass an editing test
• Content strategy experience is a plus
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple workstreams
• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts
• Ability to communicate effectively with people across diverse project teams
• Understanding of security threats and application security is a plus
• Experience with G Suite tools required
• Must live in the United States or Canada

Benefits for US Employees

• Multiple generous health, vision, and dental insurance plans including no-monthly-premium options supporting individuals and families through JustWorks
• Ancillary benefits including life and disability insurance, pre-tax commuter benefits, free Citi Bike membership, access to a HealthAdvocate, a healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and a free One Medical membership
• 3-4 months paid parental leave
• 401k with 5% company matching through Betterment
• Moving expenses: $5,000k one-time
• Charitable donations matching up to $2,000
• One time $1,000 at home office expense stipend
• $500/year personal learning & development budget 
• Executive coaching for managers and above
• Options for coworking space (some restrictions may apply) 
• Bonuses for recruiting, public speaking, tool releases, blog posts, academic posters, proposals, and whitepapers, and end-of-year bonuses based on company, team, and personal performance
• 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year
• 14 company holidays per year
• Carbon offsets for your personal and corporate carbon emissions through Project Wren
• Personal information privacy protection service subscription through DeleteMe

Benefits for Canadian Employees

• Premium health, vision, and dental insurance plans
• Life/AD&D insurance options, as well as short- and long-term disability insurance plans
• RRSP plan with 5% company matching
• Charitable donation matching up to USD $2000
• Bonuses for recruiting, public speaking, tool releases, blog posts, academic posters, proposals, and whitepapers, and end-of-year bonuses based on company, team, and personal performance
• 14 company holidays including provincial statutory holidays and select US holidays
• 2 weeks of PTO and 2 weeks of sick time per year
• Carbon offsets for your personal and corporate carbon emissions through Project Wren

Dedication to diversity, equity & inclusionTrail of Bits is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace where our employees can thrive and be themselves! We welcome all persons into our community. We embrace the diversity of gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical and mental disabilities, medical condition, genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, marital status, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or perceived membership in any of these groups.