GitLab3 days ago

Senior Assigned Support Engineer (EMEA)

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Responsibilities

  • 01Provide technical support to our largest Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated, and GitLab.com customers, ensuring their GitLab environments remain stable and performant.
  • 02Troubleshoot and resolve complex, critical, and sensitive support issues using tools like Zendesk, logs, and Linux utilities such as strace, through email and video conferencing.
  • 03Build strong, proactive relationships with key customer stakeholders, helping them prioritize and address their most important technical blockers.
  • 04Collaborate with Product, Development, Infrastructure, Customer Success, and Sales teams to drive bug fixes, influence feature development, and help shape product goals and roadmap.
  • 05Act as a technical expert on GitLab and CI/CD implementations, advising customers on how incidents and service interruptions impact their workflows and how to mitigate them.
  • 06Create and improve support content, including documentation and knowledge articles, to help customers and GitLab team members resolve issues more efficiently.
  • 07Partner closely with Support Engineering team members through pairing sessions and stable counterpart relationships to share knowledge and solve problems together.
  • 08Contribute to team growth by participating in hiring processes, including reviewing applications and assessments and joining interviews.

Requirements

  • 01Background managing complex, customer facing support cases end to end, from initial inquiry and triage through reproduction, escalation, and resolution.
  • 02Advanced troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate ambiguous, multi-layered technical issues and identify root causes across applications, infrastructure, and integrations.
  • 03Strong Linux systems administration knowledge (LFCE or RHCE equivalent), including performance analysis and low-level debugging tools.
  • 04Practical experience with GitLab and continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD), including how different deployment models and outages affect customers.
  • 05Ability to write and maintain clear, reusable support content such as knowledge articles, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides.
  • 06Proficiency with scripting languages (such as Ruby or Bash) and familiarity with model-view-controller (MVC) frameworks, preferably Ruby on Rails.
  • 07Effective communication skills for explaining complex technical topics to audiences with varying technical backgrounds and for building rapport with customer stakeholders.
  • 08Familiarity with DevOps practices and technologies such as Kubernetes and serverless platforms, with openness to applying transferable skills from related domains.

What we offer

  • 01Fully distributed, global team across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions.
  • 02Flexibility to structure your shift in a way that fits your life while ensuring reliable customer support.
  • 03Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being.
  • 04Flexible Paid Time Off.