Summary
Tim Mcmackin is a Staff Technical Writer with two decades of experience turning complex software and APIs into clear, task-oriented documentation that accelerates developer adoption and reduces integration time. He has led documentation teams and built documentation pipelines and tooling—merging OpenAPI specs with examples and automating builds via GitHub Actions—to scale docs across internal and public platforms. His work spans enterprise DevOps suites, cloud services, SDKs, CLIs, and blockchain-language tooling for Tezos, demonstrating comfort with both product strategy and hands-on technical implementation. At Shutterstock he cut partner integration time by more than half through documentation-driven onboarding, and at IBM he embedded docs into continuous delivery lifecycles to directly support multi-million-dollar deals. Based in Durham, NC, Tim blends technical writing with code-level contributions in JavaScript, Java, and Python, and outside work he balances technical rigor with creative pursuits like kite flying and kite-surfing.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English literature and rhetoric, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English literature and rhetoric at Xavier University
St. Xavier High School
Master of Arts (MA), Professional and Technical Writing, Master of Arts (MA), Professional and Technical Writing at Carnegie Mellon University