Support engineer

Writer

$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical support experience in enterprise B2B SaaS environments
  • Deep technical proficiency with AWS/GCP, Python, SDKs, SSO/SCIM, Jira, Grafana, and Datadog
  • Strong skills in RESTful API debugging and integration
  • Empathetic in connecting with customers to resolve product issues
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex concepts
  • Experience with GenAI and LLMs is a strong plus

Responsibilities

  • Own triage and resolution of complex customer production issues via multiple channels
  • Guide technical end users by debugging Python and no-code agents
  • Serve as Tier 2 support for monitoring and addressing advanced production issues
  • Drive technical investigations and escalate deeper issues to product and engineering teams
  • Share feedback on platform usage to influence product roadmap
  • Build automated diagnostic tools to enhance support operations and reduce resolution times

Benefits

  • Generous PTO plus company holidays
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
  • Fertility and family planning support
  • Access to early-detection cancer testing
  • Flexible spending account options
  • Health savings account with company contributions
  • Annual wellness and learning development stipends
  • Company-wide and team off-site events
  • Competitive compensation, stock options, and 401k
Full Job Description
About the role

At WRITER, our enterprise customers are building mission-critical AI applications that transform how their businesses operate. As a senior support engineer, your top priority is helping our developer personas and technical users succeed with our platform. You'll act as a leading voice for our enterprise support function, handling intricate customer issues directly while working in a complex and ambiguous environment to drive impactful value across our customers' businesses.

You'll collaborate closely with Customer Success, Education, Product, Engineering, and Sales to create great experiences and help customers get the most out of the platform. By leveraging an automation-first mindset, you'll scale our support operations and use our own AI tools to solve problems faster and more efficiently.

This role is available for hybrid work in our New York City and London hubs. and you will report directly to the manager of support engineering.

We are open to hiring for this role at multiple levels, with compensation ranges scaled to match your experience, expertise, and the scope of the role.

What you'll do
  • Own the triage and resolution of complex customer production issues through Salesforce, email, Slack, and Zoom
  • Guide technical end users directly by debugging and refining custom-built Python and no-code agents
  • Serve as Tier 2 advanced support to monitor and tackle complex production issues through our monitoring alerts
  • Drive technical investigations across our stack and escalate deeper technical issues to product and engineering teams
  • Shape our product roadmap by gathering and sharing platform feedback and feature requests with product and design teams
  • Build and maintain automated diagnostic tools and scripts to scale our support operations and reduce resolution times


☆ What you need
  • Bring 5+ years of experience providing technical support for an enterprise B2B SaaS organization
  • Demonstrate deep technical proficiency navigating cloud tech (AWS/GCP), Python, SDKs, SSO/SCIM, Jira, Grafana, and Datadog
  • Possess strong skills in RESTful API debugging, integration, and usage to troubleshoot complex customer environments
  • Enjoy working on-screen with customers to overcome product issues and Connect with them empathetically
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly through excellent writing and communication skills
  • Challenge the status quo by bringing experience with GenAI and LLMs (a huge bonus) and Own the resolution of every technical issue from start to finish


Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)
  • Generous PTO, plus company holidays
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
  • Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks)
  • Fertility and family planning support
  • Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
  • Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
  • Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution
  • Annual work-life stipends for:
    • Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
    • Learning and development stipend
  • Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
  • Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

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