Job Description
Technical Instructional Designer (Contract)
We are looking for a technically savvy instructional designer to join the Sigma technical writing team to build self-service educational resources for our customers. If you are an action-oriented individual who is well-grounded in instructional design principles and looking for an opportunity to build something new, we want to talk to you.
In this role, you will become a Sigma product expert as you design and build modular, hands-on tutorials that help others build their own confidence and expertise. You'll build directly in the Sigma product – no slides, no LMS. Join a cross-functional team of enthusiastic, data–driven writers, enablement specialists, and technical support engineers to develop innovative and effective learning resources you'll put front and center in your portfolio.
This is a 6 month contract position based in our San Francisco or New York office (hybrid, 4 days a week in office). This position offers the potential for conversion to a full-time role upon the successful completion of the contract period, based on performance and business needs.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume, a cover letter highlighting their relevant experience, and a portfolio of instructional design work that features projects that teach how to use technical tools.
The pay range for this position is $65/hr - $85/hr per hour.
Sigma is the only cloud analytics and business intelligence tool empowering business teams to break free from the confines of the dashboard, explore data for themselves, and make better, faster decisions. The award-winning software was built to capitalize on the performance power of cloud data warehouses to combine data sources and analyze billions of rows of data instantly via an intuitive, spreadsheet-like interface – no coding required.
Since launching with its unique interface, Sigma Computing has added features such as collaboration tools and embedded analytics capabilities. The most recent product launch included a set of AI tools such as forecasting capabilities, an AI copilot and a notebook interface for users who prefer a code-first environment.
Sigma announced its $200M in Series D financing in May 2024, to continue transforming BI through its innovations in AI infrastructure, data application development, enterprise-wide collaboration, and business user adoption. Spark Capital and Avenir Growth Capital co-led the Series D funding round, with additional participation from a group of past investors including Snowflake Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.The Series D funding, raised at a valuation 60% higher than the company’s Series C round three years ago, promises to further accelerate Sigma’s growth.
Come join us!
Sigma Computing is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a smart and strong team regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We look forward to learning how your experience can enable all of us to grow.
Note: We have an in-office work environment in all our offices in SF, NYC, and London.
Sigma Computing is cloud analytics and business intelligence solution that provides live access to cloud data warehouses using an intuitive spreadsheet interface. Inspired by the spreadsheet knowledge workers were raised on, the Sigma Spreadsheet interface helps anyone -from the data team to analysts and domain experts at every level- to analyze data, without code or extracts, and make insight-driven decisions quickly. Sigma is powering an iterative and community-driven approach to A&BI that aligns business goals with analysis and frees data experts to focus on more innovative, fulfilling initiatives.
