Brett Blue

• Staff Technical Writer Oct 2025 – Present
• Senior Technical Writer Jun 2023 – Oct 2025

• Write developer documentation for OpenTelemetry and APM
• Launched the Datadog Docs AI chatbot
• Lead AI enablement and initiatives for the documentation team
• Introduced coding agents (Claude Code, Codex) into the docs team’s workflow for drafting, reviews, and docs maintenance

Senior Information Developer

• Led low-code developer documentation and product language guidelines as Process Mining Head Writer
• Collaborated with a team of 15 tech writers to write and maintain nearly 2,000 docs
• Created feature docs, installation guides, architecture overviews, and release notes in Markdown with a Docs as Code workflow
• Embedded with engineering teams to document complex topics like process mining and AI
• Built dynamic, maintainable content with Liquid and DataTables, including a searchable glossary and conditional content
• Developed internal tools for writers, including a content planning app that streamlined the team’s workflow
• Wrote UX content, ran UX content consultations, and created UX content standards
• Promoted from Information Developer II to Senior Information Developer; Top Performer award, 2021

Technical Writer

• Supervised four technical writers creating developer documentation for an integrated software suite
• Researched new features through early builds and SME interviews, and documented them in release notes
• Enforced documentation standards for an internal code repository and version control system
• Performed UX reviews with developers across multiple areas of the software

IT Architect Intern

• Created reference architecture documents for the wireline and cable businesses
• Contributed to software requirement specification documents