Senior Support Engineer

Greenhouse; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 61,777 - 89,531; Full time

Job summary

Greenhouse is on the lookout for a Senior Support Engineer I to enhance its customer support team. This role involves working closely with engineering and customer success teams to troubleshoot technical issues, ensuring resolutions are done in a timely manner.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of customer-facing technical experience and a proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly. This position requires a strong sense of ownership and excellent organizational skills, along with the capacity to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of customer-facing technical experience, especially with enterprise customers.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Deep experience debugging complex issues, particularly related to APIs.

Responsibilities

• Resolve complex technical issues for customers.
• Triage and manage open customer issues, escalating when necessary.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction.

Skills

Customer-facing technical experience

Clear communication

Multi-tasking

Debugging complex issues

Collaboration with Engineering

Tools

Logging software (e.g., Sumologic, Datadog, Rollbar)

Job description

Our mission at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission.

Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.

Greenhouse is looking for a Senior Support Engineer I to join our team in the Eastern Time Zone!

In this role, you'll collaborate with our Customer Support, Engineering, and Customer Success teams, troubleshooting a wide range of technical issues for our customers. Working alongside Greenhouse's engineers, you’ll have the opportunity to dive deep into the technical aspects of the Greenhouse product suite and sharpen your technical skills.

Who will love this job

• An innovator – you think creatively to tackle problems and discover workarounds using all available resources
• A wordsmith – you have the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and with a friendly tone in order to transcend the starkness of chat and email to leave customers feeling heard
• A project manager – you can multi-task and balance priorities without breaking a sweat

What you’ll do

• Effectively resolve the most complex technical issues for customers, including providing guidance, routing product feedback, and handling escalated customer problems
• Triage and manage open customer issues, escalating when appropriate to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver a seamless experience and maintain a high standard of customer happiness
• Provide technical leadership, strong judgment, and mentorship to the Support Engineering team, improving knowledge sharing and overall effectiveness as Greenhouse scales
• Own the development and refinement of internal tools, processes, diagnostics, and runbooks to enhance team capabilities and multiply productivity, including improving internal tools
• Maintain and update internal support documentation
• Provide call‑back phone resolution for customers as needed

You should have

• 5+ years of customer-facing technical experience, with a proven ability to support enterprise customers and collaborate with Engineering on complex escalations
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences and confidently provide live video support
• Deep experience debugging complex issues, especially related to APIs, and familiarity with logging software (e.g., Sumologic, Datadog, Rollbar)
• A proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external third‑parties to resolve ambiguous issues and manage stakeholder expectations
• A strong ownership mentality, demonstrating responsibility for the end-to-end customer experience and driving continuous process improvement
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and multi-task
• A track record of effecting positive change and improving support processes beyond individual ticket resolution
• Your unique talents! If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications above, tell us in your cover letter why you’d be a great fit for this role

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company. We are unable to support sponsorship at this time.

The national pay range for this role is $87,700 - $127,100 CAD. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to [e-mail].