Shalom Boroda

Docs engineer, senior API tech writer, team lead, coder, UX writer. Lover of all things tech.

Work Experience

Senior technical writer
( 2024 – present )

Eon.io, Israel
  • As the founding (and sole) technical writer, defined and created Eon's product and API documentation.
  • Create and refine AI skills and agents to allow anyone at the company to write docs while maintaining high quality and trustworthiness.
  • Manage docs infrastructure, tests, and automations.

Team lead, Technical Writers Guild
( 2020 – 2024 )

Wix, Israel
  • Set and enforced style and quality standards for technical writing within the team.
  • Mentored junior and mid-level technical writers and provided guidance on best practices.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure documentation aligns with product development.

Technical writer/UX writer
( 2018 – 2020 )

Logz.io, Israel

Technical writer, software and systems
( 2015 – 2017 )

  • Simplified complex concepts and wrote concise content.
  • Primary technical writer for software, SaaS, and controls.
  • Authored marketing content for new products.
  • Created clear, concise UI copy.
  • Improved user experience by proposing changes to UI and workflow.

Operations trainer
( 2015 )

  • Created live online training workshops to teach users configuration of Taxware Enterprise tax calculation software.
  • Trained Professional Services and Customer Support departments.

Technical writer, software
( 2013 – 2015 )

  • Authored online help, API documentation, user guides, and release notes for SaaS and on-premise software.
  • Created technical writing style guide.

Technical Writing Intern
( 2011 – 2012 )

    Skills

    Static site generators

    Jekyll, Next.js, Gatsby

    API documentation

    Swagger/OpenAPI, JSDoc, Protobuf/RPC

    Development

    JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node, HTML + CSS

    Documentation/help

    FrameMaker, RoboHelp, InDesign

    Image creation & editing

    Snagit, Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio

    Video

    Camtasia

    UI mockups & prototypes

    Figma, Sketch, XD

    Communities

    Write the Docs

    Active Slack community member, Tel Aviv meetups co-organizer. Presented on how we did docs as code at Logz.io.

    Content + UX

    Active Slack community member.

    Education and Training

    Our Best Words

    Technical writing and marketing communication workshop

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    BA, Early Care and Education

    Awards

    Luminary Award

    Recognized for contributions and proactively setting up Color Kinetics team for success. Awarded quarterly at Philips Color Kinetics.

    Coded with in React and Next.js.
    Sourced in GitHub, served by Netlify.