Senior Technical Support Engineer

Published

April 4, 2025

Location

Madison, WI

Description

Location: Austin, Texas, United States of America | Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Requisition ID: R30585

Position_Type: Full time

Job Description

Principal Technical Support Engineer

We are looking for someone to be part of a new kind of team - a team that will offer an effortless customer experience by providing support to both our Explore and Sunshine Conversation customers, as well as other new emerging products. In addition to traditional support functions through different communications channels, you will be poised to offer support and expertise on many other projects. You're a great match if you possess fantastic troubleshooting skills, are driven to help customers, and have the ability to investigate a new product to learn it inside and out.

Required:At least 4 years technical support experience
Excellent customer service skills - the ability to be empathetic, accurate, compassionate, responsive, resourceful and conscientious
Excellent organizational, written and oral communication skills - You must be able to convey technical jargon in a wide-array of syntax from beginner level users to developers in our tickets as well as knowledge base articles
Proven ability to work independently to set and reach timelines for customer facing projects based on urgency and flexibility
Proven experience in communicating complex customer issues directly to product development teams and setting customer expectations to match
In depth experience with RESTful APIs as well as data interchange formats like JSON & XML
Work effectively as a member of a multi-functional team (internal & external)
Position and present implementation options & proposals to customers
Flexibility to work into the early evenings and pre-scheduled weekend shifts
A desire to learn, master, and teach
Fluent in written and spoken English

Experience/Skills Desired (but not required):Experienced Zendesk Administrator or deep product knowledge preferred
Experience designing, implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting complex multi-vendor / multi-platform SaaS solutions
Network troubleshooting / HTTP protocol, DNS, SSL
Server side experience with Java, Ruby, or another modern language
Developed training material for either internal or external consumers
Proven ability to develop positive relationships and effectively coordinate with cross-functional teams; develop and communicate creative, diplomatic solutions to problems; manage competing priorities on a daily basis

The US annualized base salary range for this position is $99,000.00-$149,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives.

Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.

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About Us

Zendesk is on a mission to simplify the complexity of business and make it easy for companies and customers to create connections.

Our customer experience software unlocks the power of billions of interactions, enabling businesses to build rich, meaningful relationships with their customers.

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What's it like to work here? Our offices reflect the global cities we call home, and have spaces for collaboration, quiet, and events.

With our hybrid approach, you'll experience flexibility and connection, collaboration, and learning with your team.

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