
Premium Support Engineer
Replit
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Build and lead a regional team of Premium Support Engineers, setting the standard for technical depth, speed, and customer experience.
- Operate as a player-coach, directly handling complex cases and escalations while mentoring your team and driving operational excellence.
- Own the end-to-end Premium Support experience across both high-volume Pro users and high-touch Enterprise customers.
- Oversee daily operations of the Premium Support queue, ensuring SLAs (response, update, resolution) are consistently met or exceeded across varying customer tiers.
- Serve as the escalation lead for critical or sensitive issues, coordinating closely with Product and Engineering to drive rapid resolution.
- Lead incident communication for Premium customers, ensuring updates are clear, timely, and build trust under pressure.
- Build and refine processes, playbooks, and tooling that enable scalable, high-quality Premium Support in a fast-evolving environment.
- Partner with Sales and Customer teams to align on customer expectations, onboarding, and ongoing support experience for Enterprise accounts.
- Identify trends across Premium users (Pro and Enterprise) and drive systemic improvements to product, tooling, and support workflows.
- Define and track key performance metrics (SLA adherence, CSAT, time to resolution, escalation volume), and provide insights to leadership.
- Recruit, develop, and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of ownership, technical curiosity, and adaptability.
Requirements
- 5+ years in technical support, developer support, or similar roles within a technology company, with 2+ years in a leadership or management capacity.
- Experience supporting both high-volume customer segments and high-touch enterprise customers, with an understanding of how support models differ across tiers.
- Proven ability to operate as a player-coach, balancing hands-on technical support with team leadership and operational ownership.
- Strong technical foundation in software development, systems, or DevOps workflows, with the ability to guide engineers through debugging and issue resolution.
- Experience operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where processes, products, and customer needs evolve quickly.
- Experience managing support operations in platforms such as Zendesk, Linear, or similar systems, including SLA and escalation management.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering with Engineering, Product, Sales, or Customer Success teams.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to communicate clearly and confidently with both customers and internal stakeholders during high-pressure situations.
- Strong analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret operational metrics, identify gaps, and drive improvements.
- Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain high-performing technical support talent.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary & Equity
- 401(k) Program with a 4% match
- Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
- Commuter Benefits
- Monthly Wellness Stipend
- Autonomous Work Environment
- In Office Set-Up Reimbursement
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
- Quarterly Team Gatherings
- In Office Amenities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
technical supportdeveloper supportsoftware developmentDevOps workflowsSLA managementescalation managementoperational metricsdebuggingissue resolutionprocess improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcross-functional collaborationcommunicationanalytical mindsetadaptabilitycustomer experienceoperational excellenceteam developmentownership