Intermediate Support Engineer

GitLab is seeking an Intermediate Support Engineer to join their team in Bangalore, India. As a Support Engineer, you'll sit at the intersection of Support and Engineering, helping customers solve complex, real-world challenges running GitLab in diverse and demanding environments.

In this role, you'll be embedded in the Engineering department, working directly with customers as they hit edge cases, digging into Linux systems, logs, and the Ruby on Rails codebase to troubleshoot performance issues, reproduce bugs, and contribute merge requests that fix problems at the source.

Responsibilities:

• Support a mix of Self-managed and GitLab.com (SaaS) customers, resolving complex issues through Zendesk tickets, merge requests, email, and video calls.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, Infrastructure, Customer Success, and Sales teams to shape product goals, roadmap, and priorities while driving fixes and new features.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues using Linux systems administration tools, logs, and the GitLab codebase, creating merge requests when needed to resolve customer problems.
• Create and update clear, reusable documentation and support content based on real customer interactions and edge cases.
• Partner with Support team members through pairing sessions and cross-team collaborations to solve challenging cases and share knowledge.
• Participate in regular weekday and weekend on-call rotations, providing emergency support for Self-managed and SaaS customers and coordinating incident communications with the SaaS Production team.
• Contribute to improving support processes, tools, and automation within our issue tracker to make troubleshooting and case handling more efficient.
• Participate in hiring by reviewing applications and assessments and joining interviews to help grow the Support team.

Requirements:

• Experience managing customer-facing technical cases from first contact through triage, reproduction, bug reporting, and resolution.
• Strong Linux systems administration knowledge comparable to LFCE or RHCE certification.
• Ability to use scripting languages such as Ruby or Bash and work with MVC frameworks such as Ruby on Rails.
• Hands-on experience with Git and CI/CD in production or customer environments.
• Skill in writing clear, accurate support content and documentation based on real customer scenarios.
• Ability to explain complex technical topics to people with varying levels of technical expertise.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and technologies such as Kubernetes and Serverless, and how different GitLab implementations operate and impact customers.
• Openness to learning, collaborating across teams, and applying transferable skills from related technical support or engineering roles.

Benefits:

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave