Senior Technical Support Engineer
Do you have a background in developer-focused SaaS customer support and a passion for modern API technologies? As the next Senior Technical Support Engineer on Apollo’s User Advocacy team, you’ll have the opportunity to use your top-notch technical problem-solving skills and your knack for delivering exemplary customer service to help support some of the leading companies that are adopting GraphQL today.
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your knowledge of GraphQL, Apollo, and related cloud technologies to serve as a trusted advisor and advocate for customers. You’ll contribute to all aspects of customer support at Apollo, including managing support cases about Apollo’s OSS and SaaS products to completion, contributing to self-serve support documentation, and occasionally supporting customers on live calls.
If collaborating with a tight-knit team and supporting some of the most interesting and innovative projects in the GraphQL space today sounds like fun to you, then we’d love to have you join our team as a Senior Technical Solutions Engineer.
What you'll do
Become well-versed in Apollo OSS and SaaS products to answer a variety of customer inquiries
Respond to and resolve customer support tickets efficiently while maintaining positive customer satisfaction ratings
Prioritize customer support issues based on severity and, when required, escalate requests to the appropriate team members
Directly engage and collaborate with engineering and product teams to quickly resolve reported bugs
Develop, author, and maintain internal and customer-facing technical support documentation
Support projects that help streamline and automate customer support processes
About you
You have the technical acumen and aptitude to ramp up on Apollo’s software stack and understand the broader technical contexts in which Apollo’s customers use those products
You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment and are driven to deliver successful outcomes for customers as efficiently as possible
You have demonstrable technical problem-solving skills and feel the freedom to candidly say, “I don’t know, but I am going to find out.”
Customers and internal team members recognize you as a sincere communicator who strives to deliver results
Must have
Experience providing customer service for developer products
Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with experience in developing applications using React
Familiarity with the modern cloud-native stack: Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, OpenTelemetry, CI/CD
Familiarity with SSO/federated authentication methods (SAML, OIDC) and their components
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
Ability to work 8-5PM PT when on-call rotation
Huge plus
Experience with GraphQL (ideally, Apollo Client and Apollo Server)
Experience with Apollo Federation and GraphOS
Experience with Kotlin or Swift
Experience with Go or Rust
$100,300 - $118,000 a year
At Apollo, we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring consistency within the team in each country. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience, and our overall assessment of what we learned during the hiring process.
In addition to the U.S. base salary range, we also provide equity and benefits. Apollo offers all U.S. employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans. California residents can also choose from 2 Kaiser medical plans. Dental and Vision benefits are provided by Sun Life Financial.
This position can be done from anywhere in the US, but will be working with PST time zones, so calendar flexibility is key! It will also require light to medium travel - 1-2x per quarter.
Equal Opportunity: Apollo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a talented and diverse workforce.
Privacy: California residents applying for positions at Apollo can see our privacy policy here.
E-Verify: Apollo is an E-Verify employer and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information please visit E-Verify.
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