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Nabu Casa

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

IoT • Home Automation • Privacy

Nabu Casa is the company behind Home Assistant, a smart home control platform that allows users to manage their home devices from anywhere. With a focus on privacy and data encryption, Nabu Casa offers Home Assistant Cloud, enabling remote access and control of home automation systems without storing user data in the cloud. The service is compatible with popular voice assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, as well as Nabu Casa's own voice assistant, Assist. By providing these services, Nabu Casa supports the ongoing development of open-source projects like Home Assistant and ESPHome. The company operates without any external investors, prioritizing user needs and data privacy.

📋 Description

• Own the end-to-end documentation experience for Nabu Casa Hardware and Cloud, ensuring content is accurate, up-to-date, and discoverable • Plan and deliver documentation for new features, integrations, and releases in sync with the product shipping cycle • Work directly with engineers to research and verify technical content, reducing the documentation burden on the engineering team • Audit and improve existing documentation continuously — flagging outdated content, filling gaps, and improving structure and tone • Define and maintain documentation standards, style guides, and templates so that community contributions are consistent and maintainable • Triage and act on documentation feedback from the community, support, and internal teams to prioritise what improves user outcomes most • Contribute to the developer experience — API guides, integration documentation, and contributor docs — to support the OHF community and partner integrations • Track documentation quality signals (support ticket themes, community feedback) and report on them regularly

🎯 Requirements

• Strong technical writing skills with a portfolio of developer or product documentation • Ability to read and understand code (Python, YAML, REST APIs) well enough to write accurate technical content without constant hand-holding from engineers • Good understanding of smart home hardware and electronics, with the ability to troubleshoot basic issues independently • Experience with docs-as-code workflows (Git, Markdown, static site generators such as MkDocs or Docusaurus) • High autonomy and self-direction — able to identify what needs to be written without waiting to be told • Strong stakeholder management: knows how to get technical information out of busy engineers efficiently

🏖️ Benefits

• - Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off. • - Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid. • - Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth. • - A budget for your work hardware once you start. After three years, you may keep this equipment for personal use. • - An annual smart home budget to ensure you keep up-to-date with the latest smart homes offer. • - An annual education budget to help you grow and stay on top of your game. • - A yearly performance bonus based on company performance. • - A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee at your home workspace. • - One day every two weeks to work on your personal projects.