Christian Arango

Great product + nice docs = good money

Technical writer & documentation engineer

I design documentation systems that make complex software easier to understand, integrate, and maintain.

Open to work: contractor or employee

Documentation systems in practice

The shared Recurly guide design system: overview, plan availability, numbered section links, prerequisites, and benefit cards.

Recurly documentation design system

I built 57 reusable guide component classes, used on 141 of 146 Engage guide pages, customized ReadMe’s interface, and developed AI-assisted authoring workflows for five product documentation hubs.

Documentation engineeringdocs.recurly.com
The mobohubb.readme.io landing page: four app cards for Portal, Web App, Mobile App, and Kiosk App.

Task-based documentation for mobohubb

I organized and wrote task-based help for four apps, with 86 guides, 941 step-by-step screenshots, and six onboarding paths for administrators, desk staff, and field employees.

End-user documentationmobohubb.readme.io

Priority Commerce SMB documentation system

I designed one shared ReadMe authoring system that identifies the product, loads the matching one of four reference packages, and turns rough drafts into review-ready MDX without erasing product-specific decisions.

Multi-product documentationPriority Commerce · ReadMe
  • 45% fewer support tickets after an API documentation audit and redesign

    Recurly

  • 56→92% user-reported documentation satisfaction after consolidating three hubs

    Recurly · ReadMe Enterprise

  • 7+ years in API and developer documentation

    Since 2018

  • 2025 Technology Impact Award, presented by the CTO

    Recurly

How I approach documentation

  • Technical depth. API references, webhooks, and docs-as-code, reviewed like the product.
  • Systems thinking. Information architecture and reusable components that keep documentation consistent as products change.
  • Product judgment. Connecting documentation decisions to adoption, support load, and maintainability.

More about how I work