Senior Support Engineer
Job Summary
FOSSA is seeking a Senior Support Engineer to provide high-quality technical assistance and drive customer success. You will manage ticket backlogs, improve AI-powered support systems, and collaborate cross-functionally to resolve complex technical challenges. The role requires a proactive, customer-first mindset with experience in SaaS B2B support.
Responsibilities
- Manage customer ticket queues and backlogs
- Collaborate with engineering on ticket prioritization
- Improve AI-powered ticket deflection documentation
- Represent FOSSA at external industry events
- Provide product feedback to management
Required Skills
- 2-5 years SaaS B2B support experience
- Scripting proficiency (Python, Bash, etc.)
- Excellent written communication skills
- Strong problem-solving and startup mindset
- Familiarity with Dev/SecOps and AI tooling
Job Details
Responsibilities:
- Jointly own the customer new ticket queue.
- Own a backlog of customer support tickets, providing frequent updates to customers and negotiating priority with engineering.
- Think and act “customer-first”, collaborating closely with all key parts of FOSSA.
- Improve our AI-powered ticket deflection system by updating documentation and feeding back information into the system.
- Address customer requirements to showcase how the product can meet their needs, and channel product feedback and feature requests to the product management organization.
- Occasionally attend trade shows, conferences, and meetups, representing FOSSA externally (up to 5%).
Qualifications:
- 2-5 years experience in supporting a SaaS B2B enterprise product.
- Able to work independently.
- Able to work flexible hours to accommodate customer needs (occasionally being available early morning or late evenings depending on timezone).
- Strong written communication skills, focused on crafting clear, empathetic messages and explaining technical concepts in simple terms.
- Basic programming proficiency in at least one scripting language (bash, Python, Perl, etc.).
- Personal core values: biased toward action, solution-oriented, eager to experiment, play to win.
- Startup mindset: take ownership and do what it takes.
- Attention to detail: come prepared before engaging with customers.
Strongly encouraged (Nice to haves):
- Experience with DevRev Ticketing System.
- Hands-on experience with Dev/SecOps tools such as code repositories, CI/CD tools, package managers (e.g. GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins, Travis, Maven).
- Experience working for SCA, Security or AI coding agent companies.
- AI coding experience, ability to rapidly prototype using AI tooling such as Windsurf, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.
- Experience using AI to improve and enhance technical communication skills tailored to specific audiences.