Reasonable Accommodations
Fearless complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please email [email protected] to submit a formal request to Human Resources.
Compensation
Our Compensation System is designed to reward remarkable work, grow your impact and support the whole “you” over the course of your career.
We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work.
Salary
- AL, FL, GA, TN Residents: $66,510 (min) - $84,800 (mid) - $103,090 (max)
- NC Residents: $68,567 (min) - $87,422 (mid) - $106,278 (max)
- DE, MD, PA, TX, VA Residents: $71,995 (min) - $91,793 (mid) - $111,592 (max)
- DC Residents: $80,908 (min) - $103,158 (mid) - $125,408 (max)
- CA, NY, NJ Residents: $83,651 (min) - $106,655 (mid) - $129,659 (max)
Note: This role is half time, 20 hours per week. Hourly, W2 amounts should be viewed as half the amount listed in the compensation band. Max hourly wages are not guaranteed due to internal equity and project budget.
- **For example, a target compensation listing of $50,000 (at full time) would correlate to ~$25/hour, W2.**
- **Target hiring range (at half time) with a cap of $49,200 ($98,400 at full time equivalency)**
Location
- This role is 100% Remote
- Core hours will be 11am - 4pm Eastern Time Zone.
Employment Type
- Part-time, W2. On average working 16 to 20 hours per week. No more than 20 hours per week.
What you’ll be doing
We’re looking to change the world by building software with a soul, and we want your help.
This role is integral to Fearless Digital’s mission of delivering impactful IT and digital services to government clients. The Technical Writer II will support the creation of high-quality documentation, including proposals, user guides, and technical manuals, ensuring alignment with Fearless standards and customer requirements. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver clear, concise, and engaging materials that support key projects and initiatives.
Summary
As a Technical Writer II at Fearless Digital, you will craft compelling, clear, and audience-specific documentation that enhances the understanding and usability of our cutting-edge IT solutions. You’ll collaborate closely with technical teams and stakeholders to translate complex concepts into user-friendly materials while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance. Your work will support key projects and proposals in the public sector, enabling Fearless Digital to achieve its mission of delivering bold, impactful solutions.
We need your tech writing skills! What other skills will help you succeed at Fearless? Glad you asked! We’re excited about candidates who can accomplish the following:
Responsibilities and Contributions:
Organizational and Leadership Role
- Executes on and implements technical documentation strategies to create impactful and accessible content.
- Collaborates closely with technical teams, UX designers, project managers, and stakeholders to align content with organizational goals.
- Supports the team in maintaining high standards for clarity, accuracy, and compliance in all documentation.
- Strengthens Fearless Digital’s reputation for delivering compelling and compliant content through continuous improvement initiatives.
Functional Role
- Collaborates with technical and business stakeholders to gather and synthesize information for accurate and comprehensive documentation.
- Develops, edits, and maintains documentation such as user manuals, technical reports, proposals, and training materials.
- Ensures that all written materials meet Section 508 accessibility standards, branding guidelines, and customer expectations.
- Produces high-quality content that is accurate, concise, and audience-specific.
- Establishes consistent voice and tone across all documentation and communications.
- Continuously updates the Fearless Digital documentation repository to improve efficiency and accessibility.
- Translates complex technical concepts into language easily understood by non-technical audiences.
- Identifies roadblocks in the documentation process and develops strategies to overcome them.
- Independently manages writing projects, proactively seeking out technical and departmental resources to gather necessary information.
Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies:
Must-Have Skills
- Ability to obtain security clearance required by the project: Public Trust
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years of Technical Writing experience.
- Strong demonstrated proficiency in writing technical documentation for cloud infrastructure (AWS) environments.
- Strong demonstrated experience developing, editing, and maintaining documentation such as user manuals, technical reports, proposals, and training materials.
- High proficiency in utilizing Google Suite to write technical documentation.
- Translates complex technical concepts into language easily understood by non-technical audiences.
- Identifies roadblocks in the documentation process and develops strategies to overcome them.
- Independently manages writing projects, proactively seeking out technical and departmental resources to gather necessary information.
- Demonstrated expertise in technical writing, with a strong portfolio showcasing user-friendly and high-quality documentation.
- Strong storytelling ability with advanced grammar, writing, and editing skills.
- Ability to synthesize complex technical information into clear and concise language.
- Experience using technical writing tools, content management systems, and project management software.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., Section 508, WCAG) and brand voice consistency.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to engage with cross-functional teams effectively.
Highly Desired Skills and Experience
- Current/prior local, state, or federal government project experience.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira and Confluence.
- Knowledge of IT concepts such as cloud computing, cybersecurity, and system development life cycles (SDLC).
- Experience working with Cybersecurity teams (Compliance).
- Certifications such as Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) or equivalent.
- Visual storytelling abilities, including basic graphic design and use of visualization tools like Visio or Lucidchart.
- Completed Bachelor's degree or higher in a related discipline.
- Familiarity with digital services in the government domain or Baltimore tech community.
So, what’s next?
Over the years, we’ve honed our interview process to help ensure that every team member we hire is the right fit for us and that we’re the right fit for them. If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews! Depending on the role's/project's requirements, the interview process may include some differences. At the minimum
- Introductory Interview: This is where you and your recruiter will build rapport, explore your career and educational background, discuss salary expectations, role requirements, and set expectations for the interview process, specific to the position of interest.
- Technical Interview (Skills Fit): This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you’ll be interviewed by the technical team to dig more into your background and technical capabilities.
- Business Interview: At this point, you’ve made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you’ll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and determine whether or not we’ll be moving forward with the hiring process.
About Fearless Digital
Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we're part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact. Using iterative development cycles, we minimize risk for our customers and efficiently deliver intuitive and responsive technology. In this way, we help set the stage for tech to work better for people. That's not our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our team members excited to come to work every day. We take a holistic approach to our people’s well-being, and our culture and benefits are designed to support our people in working the way they like best. We encourage our people to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With flexible schedules, continuing education support, and a family-friendly work environment, we’ve created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally.
Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won’t discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.
Fearless Digital Benefits
Benefits Eligibility:
- Full-time team members are eligible for benefits upon beginning employment at Fearless
- Part-time team members are only eligible for 8.75 days of safe & sick leave
- Interns and 1099 team members are not eligible for Fearless benefits
Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you’ll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package, for full-time team members, exclusively:
- Life-friendly schedules
- Family-friendly workplace
- We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance.
- Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
- Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
- Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
- Total Pet Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
- PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date (see table below) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance.
| Start Date | PTO Allocation | Allocation Timing |
| Jan 1 - March 31 | 100% | January |
| April 1 - June 30 | 75% | April |
| July 1 - Sept 30 | 50% | July |
| Oct 1 - Dec 31 | 25% | October |