As a Technical Writer, you will create clear and engaging content on cybersecurity and emerging technologies, translating complex concepts for diverse audiences.
Technical Content Writer
📜 Description
- Own technical content strategy and production end to end.
- Write technical blog posts, explainers, whitepapers, and product breakdowns based on security research and engineering work.
- Translate complex security workflows and AI concepts into clear, credible writing.
- Work with founders, researchers, and engineers to source material and validate accuracy.
- Adapt long-form content for LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and other channels; support conference content.
- Identify cybersecurity and AI topics, track content performance, and refine content based on audience response.
🛠️ Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in technical writing, content creation, or a related hybrid role
- Proven track record writing technical content — real published examples of deep-dive posts, explainers, or documentation, not just marketing copy
- Engineering background or hands-on coding experience — able to read code, understand technical architecture, and speak credibly to an engineering audience, not just paraphrase what engineers tell you
- Experience working with top-tier cybersecurity media (e.g. The Hacker News, Dark Reading, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, Krebs on Security)
- Hands-on experience using AI tools for content and research workflows
- Excellent English writing skills, with the ability to write for both technical and general audiences
- Ability to organize a lightweight content pipeline, including calendar, sourcing, and timelines
- Proactive, ownership-driven mindset; comfortable operating in an early-stage startup
- Technical blog posts, whitepapers, and deep-dive explainers
- Company blog and website
✨ Benefits
- Ownership over a core product surface
- Direct collaboration with founders and senior engineers
- High autonomy and real influence on product direction
- Fully remote and flexible work setup
- Competitive compensation
Full job description
Mode: full-time/part-time, remote, b2b
ABOUT US
Cracken is an applied AI lab built by ex–nation-state operators and AI researchers, delivering the world's first Uncensored Vibe Hacking platform that safely amplifies security teams and gives enterprises proven, auditable security resilience.
WHOM WE'RE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a Technical Content Writer with a strong cybersecurity background to own how we explain our technology to the world. You'll turn deep, complex security and AI work into content that's credible to practitioners and compelling to a broader audience — the primary voice behind our technical writing, not a general marketing generalist.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Own technical content strategy and production end-to-end
Write technical blog posts, deep-dive explainers, whitepapers, and product breakdowns based on security research and engineering work
Translate complex security workflows and AI concepts into clear, accurate, credible writing for a technical audience
Work directly with founders, researchers, and engineers to source material and validate accuracy
Adapt long-form technical content into shorter pieces for LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and other channels
Identify trends, research, and news hooks in cyber & AI worth writing about
Support conference presence with technical write-ups and post-event content
Track content performance and iterate based on what resonates with a technical audience
MUST-HAVE EXPERIENCE
3+ years of experience in technical writing, content creation, or a related hybrid role
Must have hands-on cybersecurity experience or background — a security practitioner's understanding of the space, not writing from the outside looking in
Proven track record writing technical content — real published examples of deep-dive posts, explainers, or documentation, not just marketing copy
Engineering background or hands-on coding experience — able to read code, understand technical architecture, and speak credibly to an engineering audience, not just paraphrase what engineers tell you
Experience working with top-tier cybersecurity media (e.g. The Hacker News, Dark Reading, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, Krebs on Security)
Hands-on experience using AI tools for content and research workflows
Excellent English writing skills, with the ability to write for both technical and general audiences
Ability to organize a lightweight content pipeline, including calendar, sourcing, and timelines
Proactive, ownership-driven mindset; comfortable operating in an early-stage startup
CONTENT TYPES & CHANNELS
Experience with:
Technical blog posts, whitepapers, and deep-dive explainers
Company blog and website
LinkedIn, X/Twitter
AI-assisted writing and research tools
Why Cracken?
Real-world impact
Our technology is validated in high-stakes, real-world environments and grounded in hands-on internal research.
Team with a mission
Ukrainian-heavy international team of PhDs, professors, and senior industry engineers, driven by intrinsic motivation and real-world adversity.
Adaptive roles
We shape roles around exceptional talent — your ownership and drive will define your path.
Perfect timing
Operating at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems, Cracken is uniquely positioned to build resilient security products.
What We Offer
Ownership over a core product surface
Direct collaboration with founders and senior engineers
High autonomy and real influence on product direction
Fully remote and flexible work setup
Competitive compensation
Send writing samples, published work, or a portfolio you're proud of. Let's talk.
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