Contract · Consulting · Mentorship · Speaking

Hi, I'm Zainab Daodu. Before I documented the code, I wrote it.

A decade later, I own the full documentation stack. API references, product guides, UX copy, and the AI-assisted pipelines that ship them.

Zainab Daodu speaking at Open Source Summit
Sole writer Designed and maintained documentation ecosystems covering 300+ API endpoints across 20 product areas.
Built to outlast AI pipeline, linting, and CI/CD, documentation workflows that keep running, even when I’m not.
Full stack I own the full documentation journey from API docs, product docs, and UX copy, to the operations that tie them together.

Impact

Where the work speaks for itself.

300+ API endpoints documented
88% API traffic adoption driven
20+ Product areas owned end to end
600+ Technical writers mentored globally
500+ Women supported in tech

Trusted by

Companies & communities I've worked with.

Cisco · ThousandEyes
Tealium
Google
Bard
Camunda
WriteTech Hub
Wikimedia Foundation
Jenkins
Magnopus
IOV Labs
She Code Africa
Interswitch
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Cisco · ThousandEyes API Docs

ThousandEyes v7 API: From Limited Preview to Default API

Ground-up API redesign. 20 product areas, 300+ endpoints. Took this from limited preview to default API, now serving 88% of production API traffic.

  • OpenAPI
  • REST API
  • OAuth2
  • Migration guides
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Tealium
Tealium Product Docs

Consent and Privacy Documentation: Sole Ownership of a Regulated Product Area

Owned all consent and privacy documentation at Tealium, a regulated, high-consequence product area. Consent Integration and Consent Orchestration both reached General Availability. Early Access documentation adopted by a major UK financial institution before GA.

  • Consent Orchestration
  • Consent Integration
  • Privacy
  • GA launch
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Cisco · ThousandEyes API Docs

ThousandEyes for OpenTelemetry: Sole Owner Across 10 Platforms and a Full Data Model Migration

10 observability platforms, 3 telemetry signals, and a complete data model migration. The documentation solutions engineers reach for first when customers have streaming questions.

  • OTel
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • Grafana
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Tealium
Tealium Doc Ops

Documentation Platform, Workflow Automation and AI-Assisted Pipeline

Upgraded Hugo across three major versions (0.56 to 0.111.3), migrated all documentation from legacy TLC to Hugo, integrated Vale linting into CI, and co-developed a 4-stage AI-assisted documentation pipeline using Claude Code skills.

  • Hugo
  • Vale
  • GitHub Actions
  • Claude Code
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Cisco · ThousandEyes API Docs

Migrating the ThousandEyes Developer Portal to Cisco DevNet

Moved the ThousandEyes developer portal off a standalone site onto Cisco DevNet, replacing the old SwaggerHub-based toolchain with a single, repeatable publishing pipeline. Owned the documentation side end to end across a 10-month migration while keeping v6 and v7 both live.

  • Platform migration
  • OpenAPI
  • PubHub
  • Information architecture
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Jenkins · Open Source
Jenkins · Open Source Product Docs

Jenkins Documentation: Kubernetes, Cloud, and Docs-as-Code Migration

Filled a critical documentation gap for Jenkins on Kubernetes, the first official installation and scaling guides. Also contributed Windows, AWS, and troubleshooting documentation, and supported the migration of Jenkins docs from Wiki to GitHub.

  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • Docs-as-code
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Camunda
Camunda Product Docs

Self-Managed Documentation: Rearchitecting 280+ Pages Around the User Journey, Not the Org Chart

Camunda 8 Self-Managed had 280+ pages of documentation organised by product component, but the engineers using it work in deployment phases. I led the initiative to rethink the information architecture around what users are actually trying to do, from first deployment through day-two operations, and delivered its first phase into production.

  • Information architecture
  • Content strategy
  • User research
  • Content design
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Camunda
Camunda Product Docs

Self-Managed Upgrade Documentation: Rebuilding a Fragmented, Escalation-Driving Guide into a Single Guided Path

Upgrading Camunda 8 Self-Managed was a recurring source of support escalations because the guidance was scattered across entry points with no clear path. I led a research-driven restructure of the upgrade documentation, grounded in support data and cross-functional input, into a single end-to-end journey, and shipped it.

  • Information architecture
  • Content strategy
  • User research
  • Stakeholder alignment
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Leadership & Community

Growing the craft, one writer at a time.

Some of my most meaningful work happens outside client projects. Whether it's mentoring aspiring technical writers, growing communities, or sharing what I've learned, I'm just as passionate about helping people grow as I am about documenting products.

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WriteTech Hub

Founder · July 2022 – Present

Global technical writing agency and community. Free virtual bootcamp with 65 graduates across four cohorts, many now at leading technology companies.

600+ writers mentored · 65+ graduates · 4 cohorts · Agency services

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She Code Africa

Open Source Programs Manager · Volunteer · Apr 2020 – Aug 2023

Founded the Women of Open Source Community Africa (WOSCA) and launched Contributhon, the organisation's flagship open-source contribution bootcamp, scaling it from 16 to 100+ women.

500+ women empowered · 100+ bootcamp participants · ~$20K raised · SCA Summit sponsor

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Jenkins · Open Source

Technical Writer & Community Contributor · Aug 2020 – Oct 2024

Brought Jenkins into Contributhon as a partner community, creating structured pathways for African women to contribute. Delivered the Google Season of Docs project and keynoted CDCon 2020.

Community partner · CDCon keynote · 4+ years open source · GSOD contributor

Let's build better documentation.

Whether you're scaling a docs team, starting from scratch, or trying to make your documentation easier to maintain, I'd love to help.

Free Resource

The AI Documentation Pipeline

A practical guide to building documentation workflows with automated checks, linting, and AI-assisted review.