Hayley Denbraver, Technical Writer

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hayley.denbraver@gmail.com

Experience

TECHNICAL WRITER, MAGNIT @ GOOGLE, ASSIGNED TO GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE SECURITY TEAM, 2023 - PRESENT

  • Maintained documentation for Google sponsored open source projects including OSV.dev and OSV-Scanner
  • Developed and edited technical blog posts on a variety of security topics
  • Interviewed subject matter experts to identify and clarify critical information to share in documentation and blog posts
  • Mentored technical writing team members in the use of Git and GitHub
  • Responded to developer feedback and questions through GitHub issues
  • Proficient with a number of technical writing tools including html, markdown, GitHub pages, and Hugo

DEVELOPER ADVOCATE, ALEF, REMOTE 2021-2022

  • Resolved developer issues through our support platform, translating feedback into actionable tickets
  • Authored step-by-step tutorials for a developer audience
  • Ran developer challenges alongside partner communities
  • Worked with the executive team to define developer messaging

DEVELOPER ADVOCATE, SNYK, REMOTE 2019-2020

  • Managed, curated, and promoted the company blog resulting in a 50% growth in readership
  • Provided feedback and assistance to teammates on their writing projects
  • Developed, wrote, and delivered creative conference talks
  • Met with developers in conference settings to gather feedback and address security pain points
  • Worked with developer communities at partner companies, writing guest blogs, promoting integrations, and hosting webinars

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, BRIGHTSCOPE, SAN DIEGO, CA 2015-2019

  • Created and maintained internal data tools built with Python and Django
  • Served in an on-call rotation as one of a few of developers entrusted to perform hotfixes
  • Specialized in research and documentation tickets

Education

University of California, San Diego - MS Structural Engineering
University of the Pacific, Stockton CA - BS Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude