Technical Support Engineer

Socket; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market competitive salary bands

Meaningful equity program

Comprehensive health benefits

Flexible time-off

Paid parental leave

Remote-first with team off-sites

Job summary

Socket is seeking a Technical Support Engineer to join as the dedicated US-based support engineer for developers and security teams. You’ll troubleshoot issues across Zendesk, Slack, and Discord, guide customers through Socket’s products, and build out docs to reduce repeat questions.

This role runs 8am to 5pm in your US time zone, with some overlap across global teams. You’ll write runbooks, assist on-call rotations, and help shape our support processes for scale.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in technical support, support engineering, or TAM at a B2B SaaS company.
• Supported developer-facing products with API/integration complexity or strong Linux troubleshooting.
• Comfortable in a terminal, reading JSON payloads, and writing basic scripts in Python or JavaScript.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, build processes, and dependency management.
• Familiarity with security or DevSecOps concepts is a plus; strong written English.
• Experience with Zendesk or similar ticketing tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own inbound support tickets during US business hours and resolve with SLA targets.
• Troubleshoot issues across Socket’s GitHub App, CLI, API, and CI/CD checks.
• Provide complete repro steps and environment details when escalating to Engineering.
• Explain scan results and package ecosystems to developers and security stakeholders.
• Create runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and Zendesk macros.
• Identify recurring issues and feed insights to Engineering and Product.
• Participate in on-call rotations for weekend/holiday coverage.

Skills

Technical support

API integration

Linux

Scripting (Python/JS)

CI/CD familiarity

Zendesk familiarity

Tools

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Zendesk

CLI

Job description

About Us

Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!)

Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders.

About the Role

We're looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join as Socket's dedicated support hire in the United States. You'll be the go‑to person for developers and security teams across Zendesk, Slack, and Discord, working to resolve the majority of issues independently. Day to day, that looks like troubleshooting technical issues, guiding customers through Socket's products, and building out the docs and resources that reduce repeat questions. You'll jump on video calls with enterprise customers when needed and flag patterns that shape our product roadmap. The runbooks you write, the macros you build, and the patterns you spot will shape how Socket scales support going forward.

This role works 8am to 5pm within your time zone in the United States, with some overlap with other global time zones.

Responsibilities

• Own inbound support tickets during US business hours from first response through resolution, meeting SLA targets independently.

• Dig into integration issues across Socket's GitHub App, CLI, API, and CI/CD pipeline checks by reading logs, tracing webhook failures, inspecting JSON payloads, and reproducing edge cases.

• When something needs to go to Engineering, send it with everything they need: repro steps, scan output, environment details, and your best hypothesis.

• Understand package ecosystems well enough to explain scan results, manifest files, lockfile behaviors, and flagged risks to both developers and security stakeholders.

• Build out support resources including runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and Zendesk macros for common issues.

• Spot patterns in tickets and bring recurring issues and undocumented edge cases back to the Customer Engineering and Product teams.

• Participate in on‑call duties to cover urgent tickets for regional holidays, Socket company holidays, and a global rotation for weekend support.

• Keep the broader team in the loop with clear, thorough handoffs.

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years in technical support, support engineering, or TAM at a B2B SaaS company,

• Supported developer‑facing products with API/integration complexity, or have strong linux system administration and troubleshooting experience.

• Comfortable in a terminal and with code. Reading a JSON payload, parsing a stack trace, understanding what a lockfile does, and writing or tweaking a basic Python or JavaScript script should all feel familiar.

• A solid grasp of developer workflows. You know what a CI/CD pipeline does, how build processes work, and what it means when a dependency gets flagged.

• Some familiarity with the security or DevSecOps space is a plus. SCA tools, CVEs, SBOM, supply chain risk. You do not need to be a security researcher, but caring about the problem goes a long way.

• Clear, concise written English. Most communication here happens async and in writing, so getting your point across cleanly matters.

• A habit of writing things down. When you solve something, your instinct is to document it so the next person does not have to start from scratch.

• Experience with Zendesk or a similar ticketing tool is a plus, as is exposure to open source ecosystems (npm, PyPI, Maven) or CI tooling like GitHub Actions or CircleCI.

• Ability to work 8am - 5pm within your time zone in the United States, Monday through Friday; plus availability for rotational on‑call support for weekend/holiday rotation.

Our Interview Process

1. Informational with a member from our Talent Team

2. Virtual f2f with the Hiring Manager

3. Technical Interviews

4. Presentation phase

5. Final call with our Founder

6. References

7. Decision/Offer

Hiring is a big decision on both sides. Read more about our Hiring Philosophy and how we approach the process at Socket.

Benefits

• Market competitive salary bands

• Meaningful equity program

• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage)

• Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge

• Paid parental leave

• Remote‑first, with quarterly team off‑sites

At Socket, we

1. Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.

2. Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.

3. Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.

4. Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.

5. Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non‑territorial regarding our nominal domains.

6. Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.