Sean Packham
Principal Technical Writer at Grafana Labs
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSean Packham is a Principal Technical Writer with two decades of experience at the intersection of software engineering, developer tooling, and AI startups, currently shaping documentation strategy at Grafana Labs. He combines an MSc in Computer Science with hands-on engineering roots and a background in marketing and developer relations, enabling him to translate complex technical systems into clear, user-focused content. Sean has led content and growth teams across Europe and the US—from GitLab and Rocket.Chat to Heroic Labs and Purism—bringing product, community, and go-to-market perspectives to documentation. His unusual blend of creative writing study and applied machine learning expertise lets him craft narratives that resonate with both technical and non-technical audiences.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Fiction Workshop Creative Writing, Fiction Workshop Creative Writing at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at University of Cape Town
French, English
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Github Skills (31)
gitlab-ce10
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ruby10
gitlab10
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slack10
meteor10
communications10
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RocketChat/docs.rocket.chat
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
A portal for all Rocket.Chat projects' documentation.
Contributions:16 commits in 20 days
zulipchatportalrocketrocket-chat
seanpackham/seanpackham.github.io
Apr 2023 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 branch in 2 months
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