Technical Support Engineer I

Description

The company is the intelligent workflow company that powers some of the world's most important workflows.

The company has been supporting IT and security teams from a diverse range of customers, including Canva, Reddit, SAP, Coinbase, Mars, Fin (Intercom), and McKesson.

As an integrator across the entire tech stack, the company is vendor-agnostic integrating with any API-enabled service. This flexibility enables our customers to achieve their highest-priority goals faster. The company has security woven into its DNA, and our platform is secure and private by design.

At the company, we're driven by our values of Simplicity, Speed, and Soundness. We're committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences while fostering a company culture that nurtures individual curiosity, growth, and integrity. We’re excited about what’s next, and we’re looking for others to join us on our journey.

A technical support engineer provides technical support and consultation to customers and colleagues. They are essential in troubleshooting and diagnosing technical issues, providing timely resolutions, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

This position focuses on responding to, owning, and resolving users' technical queries.

Schedule: This role works Sunday - Wednesday, 6:00 am – 16:00 pm local time , with weekday shifts embedded alongside the wider Support team and weekend shifts (Sunday) worked solo and unsupervised, handing over to and from other regional shifts as part of a follow-the-sun rotation.

What you will be doing

Handling technical inquiries received across multiple channels (Slack, in-app chat, and email), maintaining high standards for responsiveness and ticket hygiene

Troubleshoot customer inquiries, including but not limited to API integrations, systems issues, network and security-related impediments, 3rd party integrations, and multi-product workflows

Interpreting API documents and creating the company workflows

Configuring and implementing authentication types like OAuth and JWT

Documenting the steps needed to connect to new tools or document any new workflows

Building, troubleshooting, documenting, and modifying workflows on remote sessions with customers

Building strong relationships with other team members within Support and the wider company, acting as the voice of the customer, and maintaining continuity with the team's priorities and open issues despite working outside standard team hours for part of the week

Contribute to Customer Support resources and deliver meaningful product feedback as the voice of the customer to leadership and relevant internal teams

Proactively identify improvements to the product, identify bugs, and otherwise determine high-impact opportunities to enhance the customer experience

Writing clear, structured handover notes at the start and end of each shift so incoming and outgoing regional teams have full context with no gaps

Making independent judgment calls on prioritization, troubleshooting approach, and escalation while working solo during unsupervised weekend hours, including recognizing when an issue requires paging an on-call engineer or escalating outside normal hours

What you will bring to the role

2+ years of technical support experience within a SaaS environment, ideally in automation or a related field

Practical experience constructing, testing, and debugging REST and GraphQL API requests, using developer documentation and SDK examples to understand and troubleshoot integrations

Exposure to implementing or troubleshooting AI actions and agentic workflows, including LLM APIs, prompt structures, and protocols such as MCP

Experience troubleshooting in a web-based environment, including HTTP, SSL, and basic networking

Excellent communication, analytical, and troubleshooting skills, including clear written communication for handover documentation, given the reliance on asynchronous handoffs with other regional shifts

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical and technical stakeholders alike

Experience handling inbound technical customer requests in various form channels (chat, email)

A proven track record of customer empathy, urgency, and technical competency

Self-motivated, goal-oriented, with excellent organizational and time management skills, and a consistent quality bar, whether working alongside the team or solo

Familiarity with at least one modern programming language, such as Python, TypeScript, or Ruby

Familiarity with query languages such as SQL and GraphQL

Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, make sound decisions without direct supervision, and exercise good judgment on when to escalate versus solve independently

Comfort with ambiguity and self-directed problem-solving, including researching solutions independently using documentation, runbooks, and prior tickets

Resilience and composure when handling difficult technical or customer issues without immediate backup or a second opinion

Ability to context-switch effectively between collaborative, team-based work (weekdays) and independent, self-directed work (weekends) without losing continuity

Desirable Experience

An understanding of the computer networking principles (Firewalls, Network Protocols, Subnetting)

Experience supporting customers using AI and experience with leveraging AI to increase professional effectiveness

Fluent German

The company certification

Familiarity with Docker containers, Postgres, Redis/Valkey, load balancers, and cloud orchestration platforms (AWS, Azure, GKE, OpenShift), sufficient to triage and troubleshoot the company self-hosted deployment issues alongside customer IT and infrastructure teams

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At the company, we’re all about trying new things and taking the leap. If you’re second-guessing your application, we hope you’ll trust your gut and take the leap too! Applying for a new job isn’t always easy, especially if you’re thinking of a career pivot – but we’re big believers in learning and growth here at the company, so you’ve nothing to worry about. A variety of experience, perspectives, and voices makes us the company we are . We’d love to hear from you.

The company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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