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Senior Assigned Support Engineer (AMER)
from GitLab · read the original and apply on their site
Remote, Canada; Remote, United States
Our take: The real work here is untangling deep, ambiguous technical problems for GitLab's largest customers and writing down what you learn so nobody has to solve it twice.
If you love the moment when a tangled, multi-layered problem finally gives up its root cause, this is your kind of work. You will be the trusted advisor GitLab's biggest customers lean on, digging through code, logs and strace output, then writing it all down so the next person never has to suffer the same puzzle twice. It rewards deep Linux fluency, calm under pressure, and a genuine wish to make the technical plain.
Needs
- debugging systems
- root cause hunting
- linux administration
- writing runbooks
- explaining the technical
- customer relationships
Rewards
- earned trust
- fewer incidents
- shaping the roadmap
- pairing with peers
Demands
- ambiguous problems
- high-stakes issues
- incident pressure
- async across timezones
Grows
- new tech domains
- low-level debugging
- peer mentoring
Values
- transparency
- candour
- autonomy
- remote flexibility
- accountability
Drains
- ticket queues
- customer escalations
- hiring admin
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