Customer Solutions Engineer

Fivetran

$80K — $96K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in technical support roles involving coding languages, SQL, and APIs.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for effective customer interaction.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a commitment to assisting users.
  • Background in SaaS support environments, particularly in roles that intersect technical and client-facing responsibilities.
  • Experience in creating documentation and technical guides using various formats.
  • Ability to utilize conversational AI tools for content creation and support.
  • A creative approach to overcoming technical challenges with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Support customers via tickets, email, and video to resolve technical issues.
  • Deepen technical expertise across all areas of the dbt platform.
  • Take ownership of customer issues from troubleshooting to resolution.
  • Enhance clarity and technical accuracy in documentation.
  • Proactively pursue professional development to improve support offerings.
  • Learn dbt functionalities to effectively assist users.
  • Collaborate across time zones with peers and stakeholders for enhanced support results.
  • Leverage AI tools for support-related content development.

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance.
  • Generous paid time-off policy including sick time and parental leave.
  • RSU stock grants opportunities.
  • Access to professional development and training.
  • Monthly cell phone stipend for work-related use.
  • Innovative mental health support platform accessible to employees and dependents.
  • Company-sponsored virtual events and team-building activities.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Fivetran and dbt are building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We're looking for a customer solutions engineer, Customer Solutions Engineering (CSE) team - frontline technical support for dbt Labs customers across tickets, email, and video, ranging from simple questions to complex technical issues.

This is a full-time remote position based out of the AMER-East region, Texas, and Philadelphia.

Technologies You'll Use

dbt (Core and dbt platform), SQL, APIs, YAML/JSON, Zendesk, Datadog or LogicMonitor, common data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery)

What You'll Do
  • Support customers through diverse channels - tickets, email, and video - managing a range of issues from simple queries to intricate technical dilemmas
  • Build and deepen your technical expertise across all facets of the dbt platform, so you're ready to assist with any challenge
  • Take ownership of customer issues, from initial troubleshooting through to resolution
  • Enhance our documentation, ensuring it's both technically accurate and easy to understand
  • Proactively seek out professional development opportunities, always aiming to bring more to the team and our users
  • Learn dbt Core and the dbt platform, and build technical expertise broadly across all areas of our product
  • Collaborate with peers, engineering, and other stakeholders across time zones to deliver a high-quality support experience
  • Use conversational AI tools to support researching, authoring, and reviewing support responses and internal documentation

Skills We're Looking For
  • Demonstrated expertise in coding languages, SQL, APIs, and understanding network requests
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • A genuine drive for solving problems and helping others
  • A strong technical foundation, especially within a SaaS support environment
  • Prior experience in roles that merge the technical with the client-facing, such as engineering support or customer success
  • Experience building documentation or technical how-to guides using a variety of media (text, images, video)
  • A creative attitude toward problem solving, and enjoyment working directly with business stakeholders to help them get past roadblocks
  • Ability to use conversational AI systems (like Claude, ChatGPT, and internal chatbots) to support researching, authoring, reviewing, and synthesizing support and enablement content

Bonus Skills
  • Hands-on experience with YAML or JSON structures
  • Proficiency with monitoring and analytics tools like Datadog or LogicMonitor
  • A deep understanding of ETL processes, data warehousing, and contemporary data stack concepts
  • Ability to break down complex technical concepts and communicate them to stakeholders verbally and in writing
  • Practical experience with dbt


#LI-REMOTE

The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.

Pay Range

$80,489-$96,590.50 USD

Perks and Benefits
  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
  • Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
  • RSU stock grants*
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

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