Customer Engineer

Ampersand

$100K — $140K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or 3+ years in relevant technical roles
  • Strong foundation in APIs, integrations, and modern software architecture
  • Proficient in diving into code and logs for troubleshooting
  • Ability to distill customer issues and ask insightful follow-up questions
  • Excellent communication skills across varying technical levels
  • Instinct for recognizing patterns and surfacing recurring issues
  • Experience with developer tools or enterprise software is advantageous
  • Familiarity with AI-native products or workflow automation is a bonus

Responsibilities

  • Provide front-line technical support via Slack and calls
  • Support customer onboarding from setup to working implementation
  • Escalate issues to engineering with detailed context
  • Identify product gaps and gather feedback from customers
  • Act as a knowledgeable thought partner to customers
  • Build tools and automations to enhance troubleshooting
  • Analyze code and logs for proactive problem-solving

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Free lunch on in-office days
  • 401(k) with company match and commuter benefits
  • Up to 4 weeks PTO
  • Team socials and retreats
Full Job Description
The Role

We're hiring a Customer Engineer to serve as the technical backbone of our customer relationships, from first implementation through long-term success.

You'll work directly with technical customers to design and deploy solutions, solve complex integration challenges, and make sure they get real value from the platform. You're also the critical link between customers and the product team - the person who surfaces what's not working, what's needed next, and what's worth building. This is a role for someone who's technically sharp, genuinely enjoys working with customers, and takes ownership of outcomes, not just tasks.

What You'll Own
  • Technical Support - Provide front-line technical support to engineering teams using Ampersand - answering questions in Slack and hopping on calls to troubleshoot live.
  • Customer Onboarding - Support onboarding from a technical perspective, from initial setup through a working implementation.
  • Escalation Management - Escalate issues to the core engineering team with the context required for a fast resolution - and own the loop until it's closed.
  • Product Feedback - Partner with the broader engineering team to identify product gaps, bugs, and recurring feature requests. Your perspective from the field matters.
  • Expert Partnership - Act as a thought partner and extended team member to customers - not just a support contact. Be the person who actually knows the product cold.
  • Tooling & Automation - Build tools and automations, and leverage AI to accelerate troubleshooting and reduce time-to-resolution.
  • Problem Solving - Dive into code and logs. Front-load as much solving as possible before escalating. Communicate with empathy, substance, and technical accuracy.
What You'll Bring
  • Computer science degree, or 3+ years in solutions engineering, customer engineering, implementation, technical consulting, or developer support
  • Strong technical foundations - APIs, integrations, and modern software architectures aren't foreign to you
  • You dive into code and logs; you don't stop at the surface of a problem
  • You distill what the customer is saying, read between the lines, and ask follow-up questions that uncover the deeper issue
  • Clear communication across a range of audiences - junior engineer to VP of Engineering
  • A pattern-recognition instinct - you notice recurring problems and surface them proactively
  • Experience with APIs, integrations, developer tools, or enterprise software is a strong plus
  • Familiarity with AI-native products, agent-based systems, or workflow automation is a bonus


The Perks
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Free lunch on in-office days (Mon/Tue/Thu)
  • 401(k) with company match, commuter benefits, HSA
  • Up to 4 weeks PTO
  • Team socials and retreats

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