Technical Support Engineer

Posted:
11/12/2024, 7:17:21 AM

Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security

Pay:
$75/hr or $156,000 total comp

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. More than 3,200 customers, including Atlassian, Jersey Mike’s, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth. 

As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

About The Role & Team

Amplitude is the pioneer in digital optimization software. More than 1,400 customers, including Atlassian, Instacart, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour rely on Amplitude to power their digital products. Amplitude makes product data accessible to every member of an organization, empowering them to make data-driven decisions that fuel faster product innovation and growth. As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

As a Technical Support Engineer/Specialist, you will provide enterprise-level experience to our customers through our extensive product knowledge of Amplitude.  An agent leverages their specialized knowledge and skills to research, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve customer issues in an accurate and timely manner. People will rely on your tech expertise with analytical thinking to educate them on our product, locate and  diagnose problems, and then recommend the best course of action. Our goal is to remove blockers to product adoption and drive value realization for Amplitude’s customers. The team also partners cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to advocate for our customers and ensure a high-quality experience through their lifecycle as an Amplitude customer. In addition to being a product expert, you'll have the opportunity to take on projects that will help our company scale and grow. 

 As a Technical Support Engineer, you will: 

  • Answer and/or escalate all support tickets via email and chat
  • Drive resolution by digging in and escalating challenging tickets
  • Ensure that all tickets meet our service level agreements 
    • Including an on-call weekend support once per quarter and voluntary on-call holiday support
  • Work closely with Customer Success Managers to drive data trust in key accounts
  • Provide customers a great experience using Amplitude and working with our team
  • Create and update non-technical and technical documentation as the product evolves
  • Report to the company any common themes or questions that arise and driving change
  • Develop and improve support processes

You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:

  • Completed your Bachelor’s Degree
  • Ability to work from the office one (1) day per week
  • Track record in a similar customer-facing role OR strong ability to empathize with customers and be their advocate
  • Experience with using SDKs and APIs
  • The ability to present yourself with professionalism, friendliness, and a willingness to assist
  • Ability to learn and explain a technical product or concept
  • Natural curiosity and are a problem solver
  • Passion about analytics and the problems they solve
  • Familiarity with Support tools such as Zendesk, Intercom, Confluence, and Jira

Who We Are

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view. 

We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our Ampliteers.

Some of our benefit programs include:

  • Excellent ​Medical, ​Dental and ​V​ision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee ​M​edical, ​D​ental,​ and ​​​​​​​​Vision on select plans
  • Flexible time off, ​paid holidays, and more
  • Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), learning and development (annual), commuter transit/parking (monthly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
  • Excellent Parental benefits including​:​ 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support 
  • Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program​ (ESPP)​

The Product: Amplitude is the world's #1 product intelligence platform– we empower teams to use customer data to build great product experiences for growth.  We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to build on: a platform that enables companies to thrive. 

Other fun facts about Amplitude: 

  • G2: #1 product analytics solution and #3 best software product according to the 2022 G2 Best Software report.
  • Business Insider: A top tech company to bet your career on.
  • Fast Company: #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
  • Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker AMPL. 
  • Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
  • We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and employees around the world.
  • Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude’s D&I Commitment: Amplitude believes that diversity enables creation of better products, ability to solve complex problems, and drive more powerful solutions. In order to make diversity possible, we commit to striving to create an environment of inclusion: an environment focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection, which will allow employees of all backgrounds to feel the care they need to thrive.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

 

 

This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $97,000 - $147,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range: $88,000 - $132,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)


 

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Amplitude

Website: http://amplitude.com/

Headquarter Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Employee Count: 501-1000

Year Founded: 2012

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Secondary Market

Industries: Analytics ⋅ Big Data ⋅ Enterprise Software ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Product Management ⋅ SaaS ⋅ Scheduling ⋅ Software