We
firmly believe our people are our greatest assets, and our unique
culture gives employees the opportunity to not only make a difference,
but BE the difference. Employees at Workiva develop and provide
cutting-edge solutions and services to the business market. We hire
smart, talented people with a wide range of skills who are hungry to
tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.
At
Workiva (NYSE:WK) we create best-in-class solutions for enterprise
productivity. Workiva started with an idea: to make complex
collaboration easy. Wdesk is being used by thousands of companies
globally, including over 70% of the 500 largest U.S. corporations by
total revenue. We love our customers, and they love us back.
At
Workiva we have a world class support infrastructure that enables our
Customer Success and Development staff to not just make our customers
happy but make them "Raving Fans". Software Support Engineers at Workiva
provide the first and last line of technical support between the
Customer Success and Research/Development teams. Software Support
Engineers identify root causes of customer issues and serve as the
primary incident response team in order to quickly deliver solutions to
any problem a customer might encounter. Workiva has a culture that is
collaborative and team-oriented, and our Software Support Engineers are
in the middle of it all.
What you will do as a Software Support Engineer
- Act
as a first line of development support for our Customer Success staff
to diagnose and troubleshoot issues that arise from our customers.
- Work
to troubleshoot problems in real-time, interacting with customers and
internal support representatives to deliver customer satisfaction.
- Interact as a part of multiple development teams to find solutions for customers.
- Identify, verify, and reproduce difficult to solve customer problems that may come from multiple sources.
- Act
as incident manager of infrastructure and software incidents,
coordinating communication and resolution across multiple teams and
departments
- Facilitate the resolution of complex issues that may require the involvement of multiple teams and roles.
- Collaborate with functional testers in Quality Assurance to assist in testing and regression analysis.
- Brainstorm and implement ways to streamline our processes to keep our support structure fast and adaptable.
What we are looking for
- Intense passion for troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Self-motivation and excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical individuals and translate when needed
- A drive to improve, both personally and professionally
Bonus points
- Coursework or prior experience in computer or engineering related fields
- Experience doing Enterprise IT Network support
- Experience working with a geographically distributed team
- Experience working in both technical and non-technical environments