Senior Technical Support Engineer
Description
Role Overview
The Senior Technical Support Engineer provides the highest level of technical expertise, leading resolution of complex, high-impact, or sensitive customer issues. This role drives systemic problem management, mentors across levels, and partners closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Leadership to improve product quality and support effectiveness.
This position reports to the Manager, Technical Support.
What You’ll Do
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Own and lead resolution of escalated, high-severity, or cross-system customer issues.
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Conduct in-depth root cause analysis and drive permanent fixes in partnership with Engineering.
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Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews, including documentation and recommendations.
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Act as a technical authority and mentor for other Technical Support Engineers.
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Identify patterns and systemic issues, reducing future case volume and customer impact.
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Represent the voice of the customer through defect triage, VoC forums, and product feedback loops.
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Define and improve support playbooks, escalation paths, and diagnostic standards.
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Share product expertise by building and maintaining the team’s product knowledge base and contributing to new hire onboarding.
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Makes risk-informed decisions that balance customer impact, technical complexity, and business context.
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Operates with broad autonomy and influences across teams.
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Impact is organizational and strategic, improving support scalability and product quality.
What We’re Looking For
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Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering, or have equivalent experience.
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5+ years’ experience in advanced technical support, systems engineering, or a related field.
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Deep expertise in supported products, integrations, and system architecture as evidenced by 2+ Magnet certifications or equivalent industry experience.
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Superior written and verbal communication skills with a customer-first mindset.
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Strong incident management, root cause analysis, and cross-functional leadership skills.
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Experience mentoring engineers and setting technical standards.
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Industry-recognized AI, Cloud, or networking certifications and introductory programming experience preferred.
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Experience with Salesforce Service Cloud, Communities, and Knowledge.
Compensation & Benefits
£70,000 to £80,000 (GBP) a year
Salary range (min - max)
Position Type: Current Vacancy
Skills
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- Which best describes the issues you typically resolve?
- Which statement best reflects your experience working with APIs
- Have you worked with customers or users in law enforcement, public safety, government, or investigative environments?
- Do you have professional experience providing technical support directly to enterprise customers?
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