📚 Technical Writer · Bushel

September 01, 2020

By Ted Steinmann

Company: Bushel Dates: September 2020 - April 2021 Location: Fargo, North Dakota

Summary

Owned technical documentation and integration guidance for enterprise APIs while also coordinating patent-supporting technical writing and documentation for emerging projects, including a blockchain proof of concept.

What I Was Responsible For

  • API documentation and implementation guides
  • Structuring technical knowledge for external consumption
  • Supporting developer onboarding
  • Coordinating technical writing tied to patent and innovation work

Key Contributions

  • Authored documentation that accelerated partner onboarding and reduced integration ambiguity for enterprise APIs
  • Standardized how APIs and system behaviors were communicated to developers and internal stakeholders
  • Coordinated patent portfolio activities with legal, leadership, and engineering, writing provisional patents and technical specification documents
  • Managed collaboration, technical implementation, and documentation for a blockchain proof of concept with Bayer
  • Enabled ecosystem growth through better developer experience and clearer technical communication

Systems & Thinking

  • Documentation as a product
  • Developer experience (DX) optimization
  • Structured communication of complex systems

Related Work

Highlights

  • Authored and continuously refined technical documentation to support current and future integrators, proactively identifying gaps to reduce implementation friction
  • Coordinated management of patent portfolio activities with legal, leadership, and engineering
  • Wrote provisional patents, technical specification documents and knowledge-base articles
  • Managed collaboration, technical implementation and documentation for a blockchain proof of concept with Bayer
  • Translated complex system designs into structured patent documentation coordinated with engineering and legal teams
  • Balanced technical execution with stakeholder communication across engineering, partner organizations, and internal leadership

Tools & Technology

Markdown, API specs, Postman, developer portals

Categories: experience

Tags: technology, systems