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Customer Engineer

DRH Search
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/21/2025

We're assisting a well-funded startup with their search for a Customer Engineer. Their product is an AI assistant that is connected to all of your company information and communication channels, providing a single source of knowledge retrieval. This role will work out of their SF office in the Financial District.

Tech Stack : Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure

What You'll Do :

  • Act as the primary technical advisor to the rapidly growing customer base, providing expert support and building strong relationships
  • Guide customers through their self-hosted deployments across different clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) and deployment methods (Docker Compose, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, Helm, etc.)
  • Debug and patch tricky, deployment-specific issues with customers
  • Contribute features to systematically eliminate common issue points during deployment
  • Create a seamless onboarding experience by developing comprehensive documentation that enables open-source users to easily deploy the product in their own cloud environments
  • Work with customers to find the best use cases, maximizing our impact and value
  • Be the voice of the customer and bridge the gap between customers and product. Relay product insights and customer feedback to founders / engineering and help shape the direction of product

What You'll Bring :

  • 2 years of experience as a Customer Engineer / Solutions Engineer / Deployed Engineer at a enterprise facing software company OR have 2 years of experience in DevOps / Software Engineering and have an interest in shifting to a more customer-facing role
  • Excellent communication skills, with a strong ability to collaborate with others (both teammates and external customers). Ability to explain complex engineering / infrastructure concepts and tradeoffs to customers in a simple way.
  • Experience with Docker / Kubernetes, cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure), and on-prem / cloud deployments
  • Have either helped deployed a product in the customer's cloud OR owned the deployment pipeline for a cloud-hosted, managed product
  • Able to work in-person with the team in San Francisco, and game to work 60h / week
  • Nice to Haves :

  • Experience working in a fast-moving startup and in small teams with minimal guidance.
  • Are a great multitasker, able to stay organized among competing priorities, and can pivot and adapt at a moment's notice
  • Experience with technical writing / large scale documentation
  • Experience with Typescript / React / NextJS, Python, Relational DB (Postgres), and Vespa or Elasticsearch
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