Vanessa E
Senior Technical Writer at GitHub
Australia
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Top SchoolVanessa E is a Senior Technical Writer with 8 years of experience translating complex engineering, data and enterprise support work into clear customer-facing documentation at GitHub and prior roles in the Australian Public Service and energy systems projects. With an electrical engineering background and hands-on systems/support experience across federal, banking and power‑market environments, she combines technical depth (SQL, scripting, system integration) with strong project and client-facing skills. At GitHub she has contributed to the high-profile docs.github.com repository, producing release candidate documentation and GraphQL schema content that bridges product and user needs. Known for improving operational runbooks and knowledge bases, she excels at cross-team collaboration—having led enterprise support teams and managed documentation, training and escalation workflows. Vanessa brings a practical, service-oriented mindset and a knack for turning operational complexity into usable guidance for engineers and customers alike.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical at The University of QueenslandWorkplace Health & Safety Officer, Services employment, Workplace Health & Safety Officer, Services employment at Safe Work College of Workplace Health & Safety
Github Skills (7)
documentation10
content-management9
content-management-system9
graphql8
wpgraphql8
wordpress-graphql8
rest-api7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
github/docs
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
The open-source repo for docs.github.com
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:50 reviews, 173 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Vanessa contributed to the documentation of GitHub's products and services. Their commits focused on generating release candidate documentation for GitHub Enterprise Server versions, contributing to the GraphQL schema documentation, and updating various articles related to GitHub features such as Codespaces and webhooks. They were also involved in updating the product landing pages and search functionalities by modifying code examples and ensuring proper image sourcing.
works-with-codespaces
vgrl/memoryabc
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 commits, 2 PRs in 10 months
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