Senior Customer Care Technical Support Engineer (short-term assignment)

Collectors

$85K — $139K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in Technical Support Engineering, SRE, or specialized Tier 3 escalation role
  • Experience with Identity Providers such as Descope or Okta
  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals impacting SaaS performance
  • Advanced SQL skills for data forensics and experience with automation scripting
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for translating technical findings to non-technical audiences
  • Familiarity with ERP or financial tools like NetSuite or Navision
  • Experience with ticketing systems like Zendesk, Jira, or ServiceNow

Responsibilities

  • Act as a technical partner to Engineering and Product teams, providing insights and proposed fixes
  • Own post-mortem processes for technical escalations and document RCAs
  • Manage and prioritize high-severity escalations, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders
  • Analyze ticket patterns to identify recurring product flaws and advocate for fixes
  • Design and deliver technical training for front-line representatives
  • Utilize monitoring tools like Datadog/Splunk to proactively identify issues

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: Eligible for Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • Additional Benefits: Includes fertility, commuter, and educational assistance
  • 401(K) Matching Plan: Competitive plan to support future financial goals
  • Vacation: Paid vacation for full-time employees
  • Holiday Pay: Ten company-paid holidays for full-time employees
  • Employee Discounts: Discounts on select grading services for approved submissions
  • Flexible Hours: Many teams offer flexible schedules to accommodate needs
  • Fun Working Environment: Opportunities for celebrations and team-building activities
Full Job Description

About the Role

We’re currently looking for a Senior Customer Care Technical Support Engineerto join the IT Service Desk team for a short-term assignment. , You will be responsible for providing advanced-level technical oversight for complex platform challenges. In this capacity, you manage high-level support requests that require specialized diagnostic expertise. Your primary objective is to ensure that every escalation results in comprehensive remediation and the systematic gathering of knowledge. You serve as the critical link between Customer Care and Core Engineering, transforming intricate technical incidents into documented root cause analyses (RCAs) and actionable product improvements that enhance the long-term stability of our ecosystem.

This role reports into the Manager, IT Service Desk, Alex Romero and work from one of our offices in: Santa Ana, CA; Jersey City, NJ; Boca Raton, FL; Plano, TX. This position will be a short-term assignment (approximately 6 months) that will allow you to train and upskill within the IT Service Desk team while supporting the Customer Care function. Time in this role may vary depending on the needs of the business, but is estimated to be six (6) months from assignment start date.

Onsite Requirement:

This role requires you to be onsite in the office 5 days per week.

What You’ll Do:

  • Engineering Liaison: Act as a technical partner to Engineering and Product teams, not just reporting bugs but providing reproducible test cases, code-level insights, and proposed fixes.

  • Root Cause Leadership: Own the post-mortem process for technical escalations, documenting complex RCAs and workarounds to build a robust internal knowledge base

  • Strategic Incident Management: Manage and prioritize high-severity escalations based on business impact and SLA requirements, ensuring transparent communication with stakeholders.

  • Systemic Improvement: Analyze ticket patterns to identify technical debt or recurring product flaws, proactively advocating for "fix-it" sprints with Product leadership.

  • Technical Mentorship: Design and deliver technical training or "office hours" for front-line representatives to improve their diagnostic skills and reduce escalation rates.

  • Observability & Tooling: Utilize and improve monitoring/observability dashboards (Datadog/Splunk) to identify issues before they are reported by customers.

Who You Are:

  • 5+ years in Technical Support Engineering, SRE, or a specialized Tier 3 escalation role

  • Proven experience with Identity Providers like Descope or Okta, and managing complex authentication flows.

  • Infrastructure Knowledge: Strong grasp of networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, Load Balancing) and how they impact SaaS application performance.

  • Advanced SQL skills for data forensics and experience using scripting to automate repetitive support tasks.

  • Communication: Ability to translate highly technical "code-level" findings into executive-friendly summaries for non-technical leadership.

  • Familiarity with ERP or financial tools such as NetSuite or Navision is a plus.

  • Previous experience in a Customer Care or high-touch Customer Service environment.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

  • Experience working with ticketing systems (e.g., Zendesk, Jira, ServiceNow).

  • Nice to have (but not required):

    • Development Background: Previous experience in Software Engineering or QA/Automation.

    • ERP Expertise: Specialized knowledge of integrating financial systems like NetSuite or Navision.

Hourly Range:

The hourly range for this position is $41 - 67. Entry level operations positions generally start at an hourly rate of . Actual compensation in this range will be based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, prior experience, and skill set. This role may be eligible forbonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation, please ask your recruiter for details.

Reasons To Join Us:

  • Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical, Dental, and Vision

  • Additional Benefits:Full-time employees are eligible for fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits

  • 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals

  • Vacation: All full-time employees are eligible for paid vacation

  • Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays

  • Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions

  • Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs

  • Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities

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