Technical Marketing Writer

Technical Marketing Writer

Spectra Logic, a leader in data management and storage solutions, is seeking a hands-on Technical Marketing Writer to create authoritative, technically rigorous content, develop external thought leadership, and articulate compelling technical points of view. This individual contributor role focuses on producing long-form technical content and helping establish Spectra Logic as a leading voice in the information technology industry.

You will identify relevant and trending industry topics, conduct research, and collaborate with technical experts to produce whitepapers, bylined articles, in-depth blogs, and other expert content. You will also evangelize these ideas through webinars, conference presentations, videos, and other thought-leadership channels.

The ideal candidate combines strong writing skills with deep, customer-facing technical knowledge of data storage technologies, architectures, issues, and applications, along with a clear understanding of the operational and business challenges organizations face when managing data at scale. You are passionate about translating complex technologies and real-world customer pain points into clear, credible, and compelling narratives for technical and non-technical audiences. In this role, you will help drive the company’s technical messaging strategy, expand awareness among new audiences, educate customers, partners, and employees, and represent Spectra Logic as a subject matter expert.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Long-Form Technical Content Creation
Research, write, and publish authoritative technical content including whitepapers, reference architectures, technical articles, and blogs. You will personally author these assets from concept through publication.

Thought Leadership & Technical Points of View
Develop and communicate informed perspectives on industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving data management challenges through bylined articles, blogs, and technical commentary.

Technical Evangelism
Translate written thought leadership into engaging webinars, conference presentations, videos, and other educational formats. Serve as a credible, public-facing technical voice for the company.

Customer-Centered Storytelling
Work with field teams and technical experts to understand real-world customer challenges and translate those insights into technically accurate, compelling narratives that demonstrate measurable value.

Cross-Functional Technical Collaboration
Partner with engineering, product management, solutions architects, field technical teams, and customers to deliver content reflects real-world architectures, deployment considerations, and evolving product capabilities.

Technical Sales Enablement
Develop technically detailed materials — such as solution briefs, technical presentations, and competitive insights — that support sales engineers and partners in knowledgeable customer conversations.

Modern Content Development Practices
Leverage AI and productivity tools to support research and drafting while maintaining technical accuracy, originality, and clarity.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE

10+ years of experience in technical marketing, technical writing, sales engineering, solutions architecture, or a related enterprise IT role.

Strong technical understanding of data storage technologies, infrastructure architectures, and data lifecycle management challenges, including familiarity with customer environments and deployment realities.

Demonstrated experience personally authoring long-form technical content such as whitepapers, technical articles, and in-depth blogs. Candidates should be prepared to provide non-confidential writing samples.

Ability to understand and clearly communicate customer pain points, operational challenges, and industry trends in a technically credible and engaging way.

Experience presenting technical material through webinars, conferences, videos, or customer-facing sessions.

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage both deeply technical and broader IT audiences.

Self-directed and comfortable managing projects independently from concept through final delivery.

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
 

Compensation:   160 - 180K While this salary range is a good faith and reasonable estimate, a candidate’s actual salary will be competitive based on a variety of factors including the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and experience within in the range

WHY SPECTRA?  

Located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado, Spectra is an entrepreneurial, private company with more than 40 years of proven success preserving, protecting and defending the world’s data. Spectra offers a challenging, flexible and creative work environment. Our culture is one that drives personal opportunity and advancement and rewards high performance while maintaining a high-quality work-life balance. We offer a casual, hybrid work environment with ample opportunity to learn and grow within the company. Work out on your own or with our trainer at one of the on-campus gyms; grab lunch or snacks onsite or challenge the CEO to a game of pinball; and grow your career with peers who are second to none.   

SPECTRA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER  

Spectra is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we never discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other characteristics protected by applicable law