Elena Barmina

Elena Barmina

Documentation Team Lead

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Starting out as a technical writer, my background in Linguistics aligned seamlessly with this role. Transitioning into product management deepened my understanding of the software product lifecycle, honed my requirement gathering skills, and made me a believer in the importance of a wholesome customer experience. Returning to technical writing, I adopted a new perspective: documentation as a product—a professional philosophy that treats documentation as an integral component of a software solution, designed with end-users in mind and delivered with the same diligence as the software itself. In agile environments, I've led documentation efforts, delved into UX writing, established documentation processes, and mentored global technical writing teams