Customer Support Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Location : Massachusetts or New England preferred, open to remote. The role requires coverage of US business hours, including rotational coverage for west coast hours for no more than once per week.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Customer Support Engineer to join our US-based Customer Support team, working directly with customers to help them succeed.

This role focuses on ensuring aPriori customers get the most value from their software by providing ongoing support for issues and questions about their solution. It requires deep knowledge of the aPriori product suite and a broad understanding of multiple technologies. Ideal candidates enjoy working on a variety of topics and projects and are energized by solving problems they’ve never encountered before.

Our team works collaboratively and partners with many areas of the business, including Development, Sales, Product Management, and Account Management. As you grow in the role, you will have opportunities to take on additional responsibility and specialize in different aspects of the business.

This position is responsible for diagnosing and advancing a wide range of customer issues, providing workarounds and resolutions where appropriate. If you don’t yet have every qualification listed, we value curiosity and a growth mindset, this role offers ample opportunity to learn and expand your expertise.

Responsibilities

• Review and respond to incoming customer questions and issues through our web-based ticketing system (Zendesk), following standard processes and meeting SLA response times.
• Analyzing incoming issues and finding solutions working through a combination of knowledge base searches, personal experience, team suggestions and potentially with product management and development engineers directly.
• Managing customer questions diligently and efficiently, involving other members of the aPriori team as needed.
• Proactively identifying risks to customer accounts, or issues that may escalate.
• Communicating issues, requirements, and feedback between the customer and other internal teams.
• Reproducing questions & issues for further analysis and exploring potential solutions and workarounds.
• Writing documentation & knowledgebase articles, and creating other content (e.g. videos, PowerPoint).
• Working on internal projects to help the efficiency of the team.

Requirements :

Education and Experience

aPriori Offers

A team environment where your experience is valued, your voice is heard, and the work that you do makes an impact for our customers and employees.

aPriori offers competitive compensation in a dynamic, growing innovative environment. A competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision for employees and their dependents, life, disability, flexible spending accounts, 401k match, career-growth opportunities, flexible time, and paid time off benefits – including aPriori days, and more!

About APriori

Founded in 2003, aPriori is disrupting the industry’s status quo with groundbreaking work helping manufacturers digitally transform their businesses. Through our unique, patented, intellectual property, we enable manufacturers to accelerate product design, and bring products to markets faster while providing visibility to the sustainability of their design and manufacturing choices. Our impact is profound - our customers save millions of dollars each year, accelerate time to market, all while creating a better world for future generations. Though we are an established software firm, through our continued growth, we have maintained the dynamic, collaborative nature of a start-up.

With a global presence, including North America, Europe, Asia, and India, we encourage an inclusive work environment and support employees’ growth through education, training, wellness, and other programs. As our greatest asset, employees’ contributions are acknowledged through monthly company-wide meetings, often with promotions and awards. We promote a positive work culture, employee-friendly policies, flexible work schedules, pub nights, and an additional day off each quarter known as “aPriori Day”.

Interested in joining our team? We continue to build an organization highly talented, self-motivated individuals. Our unique environment empowers employees to bring their best selves each day, asking, “How can I do better?” and then exceeding expectations. We work together towards a common goal. We nurture and celebrate each other’s successes. Employees embrace opportunities to build new skills as well as step into leadership positions where they are supported and mentored by the Senior Leadership team to grow into impactful individual contributor roles or to effectively manage teams. Innovation, adaptability, and a desire to increase your value are essential. If you possess these qualities, we want to hear from you!