Internship Technical Writer resume example

• Under supervision, ran every code sample against the documented SDK version, separated prerequisites from optional steps, and added migration notes for renamed API fields.
• The team reorganized 240 API pages around developer tasks, prerequisites, and tested examples; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review. The team resolved a recurring source of customer friction in the reviewed workflow; confirmed with my mentor that my contribution was limited to the assigned support and validation work.
• The team built executable code checks for 86 documentation samples in CI; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review. The team reduced repeat defects in the next release or review cycle; confirmed with my mentor that my contribution was limited to the assigned support and validation work.
• Under supervision, owned API documentation validation using Python and JavaScript examples, resolved obsolete parameters and completed every quickstart from a clean developer account.
• Under supervision, published a technical-writing style guide using support-ticket evidence, reduced repeated setup questions by 28% in the next monthly support review.

• In a mentor-reviewed simulation, wrote API documentation for authentication, pagination, and error recovery, testing every Python example against a sandbox; fixed a sample that hid a required token scope.
• As a second supervised exercise, used technical writing reviews with developer support to turn repeated integration questions into task-based guides; checked prerequisites and expected responses with a reader unfamiliar with the API.
• Under supervision, the team observed 12 developers completing first-integration tasks and rewrote the quickstart; I supported research preparation, validation, and documentation under mentor review
• Built an isolated fixture with normal, malformed and interrupted inputs; recorded the expected response before running the implementation so failures were distinguishable from a changed assumption.
• Packaged the reproduction steps, configuration and regression tests with the project; checked the instructions from a clean environment and documented the unsupported cases instead of claiming production readiness.
• Owned the independent regression fixture using isolated inputs, resolved a failing edge case and released a reproducible test package with expected outputs.

Relevant coursework: Algorithms, operating systems, databases, computer networks

• Published an independent technical note using the project’s before-and-after traces, explaining the failed assumption, regression coverage and cases the implementation does not support.