Technical Marketing Writer (Contractor) - Aerospike

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases. 

 At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability.

To foster strong team alignment and productivity, Bay Area–based team members are expected to work from the office 3 times per week—typically Tuesday through Thursday.

If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us.

We’re looking for a highly technical marketing writer contractor to create middle-of-funnel blog content that translates complex database and AI infrastructure concepts into compelling, differentiated stories that drive pipeline.

This role will focus on technical blogs that clearly articulate our positioning, highlight our differentiators, and support revenue-generating campaigns. You’ll collaborate closely with our content marketing manager, SEO manager, and product marketing team to build and execute a full-funnel blog pipeline that attracts, educates, and converts high-intent audiences. You’re not just delivering content, you’re helping shape how Aerospike shows up in the market and contributes to company growth.

What you’ll do

• Develop middle-of-funnel technical blog content that aligns with our positioning, product strategy, and differentiators
• Partner closely with product marketing to deeply understand product capabilities, roadmap priorities, competitive landscape, and core messaging
• Translate complex topics such as real-time data platforms, distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and high-performance databases into clear, compelling narratives
• Partner cross-functionally with content marketing, SEO, product marketing, engineering, and solutions teams to align blog topics to campaigns and personas, build a full-funnel roadmap grounded in keyword strategy and search intent, and extract accurate technical insights
• Create blog content that supports use cases such as AI inference, feature stores, real-time personalization, fraud detection, and globally distributed systems
• Optimize content for search performance while maintaining strong technical credibility
• Continuously refine content based on performance metrics, engagement, and conversion data
• Act as a collaborative, proactive team player who seeks feedback, contributes ideas, and is motivated to help Aerospike grow through high-impact content

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience writing technical content for B2B infrastructure, databases, AI/ML platforms, or developer tools
• Strong ability to absorb product positioning and translate differentiated value into technically accurate, persuasive content
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, low-latency architectures, high-throughput systems, and cloud environments
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product marketing, content, SEO, and engineering teams while independently managing deadlines and delivering consistent, high-quality output
  
  

Success in this role looks like

• A clear, structured middle-of-funnel blog pipeline aligned to product positioning and campaign priorities
• Content that clearly communicates competitive differentiation and technical depth
• Qualified traffic growth that contributes to marketing-sourced pipeline
• Strong collaboration across product marketing, content, and SEO stakeholders
  
  

Engagement details

• Contractor role
• Remote
• Ongoing monthly content commitment based on agreed-upon deliverables

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.