Technical Support Engineer

Hi, I'm Caitlin, a Technical Support Manager at Customer.io. I’m looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join our growing team based in the Americas region.

As a Technical Support Engineer, you’ll communicate directly with our customers via our Support Center. Our team is especially excited to hear from folks with Technical Support backgrounds who have experience communicating technical tasks mostly over email—a strong ability to communicate in writing is more than nice to have.

On a day-to-day, you’ll triage a diversity of support tickets as well as work on process improvement, and conduct regular touch points with our Product and Customer Success teams. You'll also help new and existing customers get up and running with our product, diagnose tricky situations, and aid companies in achieving their business goals. Our TSEs have contact with more customers than anyone else in the company, so you’re our secret sauce to ensure we provide a remarkable customer experience. Our customers are core to everything we do (it’s in our name!) - so it's key to bring your passion to customers and help solve their problems to advocate for product improvements.

Today, our Technical Support team is powered by Zendesk for ticketing, Linear for bug tracking, and Zapier for automating support team workflows. We support our customers through email and live chat. While we mostly interact with each other through Notion and Slack, it’s not uncommon for us to jump on a Zoom or Roam pairing session or a video call to clarify customer scenarios or share tips to remedy customer issues.

Are you interested in growth opportunities? So are we. Our Technical Support Team offers various career paths, such as our Engineering, Product, or Customer Success Teams. We're looking for folks who want to develop professionally as Customer.io grows.

What we are looking for:

• Located in the AMER region
• Please note that this role requires a start time of 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
• Experience in a technical support role and/or customer-facing role
• Familiarity or comfort with offering live channel support
• An understanding of basic programming concepts (API, variables, if-else statements, loops, etc.). If you know some Javascript, too, that's even better!
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be motivated with a self-starter attitude
• Previous work for a SaaS company or an understanding of technical platforms
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment
• Experience with the Marketing Automation industry a plus or supporting email marketing/business communication tools!

About you:

• You love technical problem-solving and demonstrate curiosity.
• You enjoy helping others with your technical knowledge and take pride in your work.
• You see every support interaction as an opportunity to improve the customer experience.
• You take ownership of delivering results and get satisfaction from getting things done.
• You’re passionate about learning new things.
• You’re not afraid to ask questions if you’re confused about how something works.
• You understand written communication is not always flawless and assume the best intentions during interactions with customers and your team. Empathy is one of your strongest attributes.

About Customer.io

Our mission at Customer.io is to power automated communication that people like to receive. Today, over 7,200 internet businesses use Customer.io to manage, send, and track the performance of emails, SMS, push notifications, and in-app messages. Unlike typical marketing platforms, Customer.io helps businesses increase relevance by using behavioral data: what people do or don’t do when logged in to a web or mobile app.

Customer.io is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. We are offering a starting salary of $70,000 USD (or equivalent in local currency) depending on experience and subject to market rate adjustment.

Benefits at Customer.io include:

• Unlimited PTO - we encourage at least 20 vacation days (in addition to holidays and sick days) so that you can unwind, unplug, and recharge
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave (including adoption and foster care)
• 100% paid insurance premiums for you and your dependents
• 401k retirement matching - up to 5% dollar-for-dollar match to retirement contributions
• $1,500 annual healthy lifestyle budget (for gym memberships, classes, fitness equipment)
• $250/monthly Remote Work Stipend to be used for home internet, cell phone, and other miscellaneous remote work costs
• $300/month co-working space rental reimbursement
• $2,000/yearly professional education budget for conferences, courses, workshops, books, etc.
• $1,500 home office budget to make sure your working space is ergonomic and just what you need to do your best work!
• One month sabbatical after five years at Customer.io
• We also have opportunities to meet in person with your peers throughout the year

As part of our pre-employment process, all final candidates will be asked to complete a background check and employment verifications.

Customer.io recognizes the stifling impact of systemic injustice on diverse communities. We commit to using our influence to increase inclusion and equity within the tech industry. We strive to build an inclusive team culture, implement bias-free hiring practices, and develop community partnerships to expand our global impact.

Join us!

Check out our careers page for more information about why you should come work with us! We are passionate about our core values of Empathy, Transparency, Responsibility, and Awkwardness and are looking for new coworkers to share and build that passion!

How to apply

Apply at the link below and tell us why you're interested in the position! We plan to respond to all applicants with a status update about your application.

Here's what you can expect from our hiring process:

1. 30-minute video interview with Maria Diaz, Recruiter
2. 45-minute video call with Caitlin, Technical Support Manager
3. A take-home assignment to prepare for your next interview
4. 60-minute video call with three potential teammates to go over the take-home assignment
5. 30-minute video call with a Leader of our Customer Experience team