Ruslan Kotowski

Technical Writer


About Me

Hey there!

I'm a Tech Writer with 8+ years of experience working in software companies. I'm currently with Adyen — financial technology platform for many of the world's leading companies. Responsible and confident, I enjoy challenging myself with exciting and inspiring projects and highly value a place in an innovative and productive team.

Professional history

August 2020 - Present

Technical Writer

Adyen

At Adyen, I write and maintain technical documentation for multiple financial products. Documentation includes guides, tutorials, API references, and release notes. I work closely with the product and engineering teams to prioritize documentation tasks based on project deadlines and product development cycles.

My focus includes creating detailed API documentation, covering endpoints, parameters, request/response examples, and authentication details. Additionally, I contribute to the early stages of API design and participate in API testing to ensure alignment between functionality and documentation.

May 2018 - April 2020

Technical Writer

WorkFusion

At WorkFusion, I created documentation for customers and developers (user guides, release notes, tutorials, etc.). My daily activities included communication and collaboration with Development, Product, and Marketing teams.

I led all documentation-related activities in the company, including a company-wide initiative of migrating the knowledge base to a Git-based "docs-as-code" framework.

Sep 2015 - May 2018

Technical Writer

Wargaming.net

Created documentation for developers, managers, and publishers. Collaborated with SMEs from distributed teams. Successfully participated in several large scale company-wide documentation projects. Took part in establishing the documentation delivery flow for third-party developers.

May 2013 - Sep 2015

Technical Writer/Business Analyst

Wargaming.net

Created, edited, and managed project documentation, localization, development reports, wrote content for the App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, World of Tanks portals, etc.

Certifications

Python Basics

IT Academy, Jun 2017

Business Analysis

ITMINE, Dec 2016

ICAgile Certified Pro

ICAgile, Dec 2013

Interests

Outside my day job, I do sports and travel. Besides, I'm genuinely interested in music, the technology behind music production, and everything that surrounds it. I play the guitar in a band and enjoy experimenting with sound and equipment.

  • Music
  • Movies
  • Bicycle
  • Football
  • Traveling