Rachel Mackintosh
Technical Writing Team Lead at MongoDB
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRachel Mackintosh is a technical writing leader and former engineer who blends mechanical and computing backgrounds to translate complex systems into clear, audience-appropriate documentation. With experience across Shopify and MongoDB, she has moved between hands-on privacy engineering and developer-facing documentation, creating audit-ready architecture and data-flow content for security and compliance. Now leading a technical writing team, she drives projects that balance developer precision with end-user clarity while mentoring cross-functional contributors. Comfortable in fast-paced environments, she leverages networking and creative problem-solving to unblock teams and deliver scalable, maintainable documentation practices.
2 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Algonquin CollegeBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Mechanical Engineering at University of Ottawa
Github Skills (39)
kotlin10
query-builder10
eloquent10
laravel10
php10
database-driver10
mongodb-driver10
moloquent10
orm10
driver10
faunadb10
odm10
mongodb10
laravel-framework10
database10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rachel-mack/docs-java
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025
MongoDB Java driver documentation
Contributions:209 pushes, 51 branches in 1 year 4 months
rachel-mack/docs-cpp
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:57 pushes, 27 branches in 1 year
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