Technical Support Developer, Databases

Airbyte is the open-source standard for EL(T). We enable data teams to replicate data from applications, APIs, and databases to data warehouses, lakes, and other destinations. We believe only an open-source approach can solve the problem of data integration, as it enables us to cover the long tail of integrations while enabling teams to adapt pre-built connectors to their needs.

So far, we've built over 350 connectors and have had 60,000+ companies replicating data with us. We've raised $181M from some of the world's top investors (Benchmark, Accel, Altimeter, Coatue, Y Combinator, etc.) and believe in product-led growth, where we build something awesome and let our product bring the users, rather than an outbound sales engine with cold calls.

Airbyte is a hybrid workplace with most of the team based in Silicon Valley. We’re committed to providing as much context to our current employees and candidates. The Airbyte company handbook, core values, methodology, strategy, and roadmap are open to all.

If you find this role exciting, we encourage you to apply even if you think you don’t meet all requirements.

As a Layer 3 Support Engineer- Databases you will be responsible for providing advanced technical assistance and support to customers who are experiencing complex technical issues around our database connector sources and destinations. You will use your software and data-engineering skills to debug and unblock customers with real, mission-critical data pipelines. You will work closely with Layer 2 Cloud and Self Managed support agents, escalating and resolving escalated issues efficiently and effectively. Your primary goal is to ensure customer satisfaction by resolving technical issues promptly and professionally. 

You'll serve as the advocate for our customers, working closely with the product and engineering teams to ensure essential fixes and enhancements are incorporated into the roadmap. Your responsibilities will include triaging and prioritizing user issues as well as developing code to address them. Moreover, you'll focus on automation, engineering initiatives, and creating a knowledge base to minimize support burden and enhance the product's functionality.

Responsibilities

• Triage support tickets escalated from Layer 2 Support teammates:  
• These are difficult issues that require an engineering background to solve.  At times, you’ll be accessing live customer data, so care and caution are paramount. 
• Provide email and zoom support to our customers:
• We typically use Zendesk for customer interactions, but for some of our top Tier customers we also offer Slack support or occasional troubleshooting on Zoom.  Customers can be either cloud or open-source users and can have varying levels of technical aptitude.
• Address issues in our codebase:
• Work with internal and external engineers to identify bugs.  Replicate issues, diagnose problematic code or connector/platform versions, and either escalate to engineering or correct minor issues with your own PRs.
• Build leverage for Support:
• Jump into our developer tools to increase monitoring/alerting, write SQL queries, and create automation scripts to aid the burden on the Support organization. 
• Grow our knowledge base:
• Document solutions and application behavior to grow our knowledge base both internally and externally.  We must maintain support standards while our business scales. User-facing docs are regularly updated to provide additional clarity and are edited with relevant troubleshooting and limitations
• Communicate feedback from users: 
• to the Product and Engineering orgs, and vice versa for roadmap prioritization

Requirements

• Background: Computer Science or adjacent degree or boot camp graduate/self-taught programmer with 2 years of Data Engineering or Software Engineering experience.
• Experience working with databases in a software-engineering or DBA capacity.
• Experience working closely with Engineering teams and/or Developer customers.
• Proficiency in relational databases, data warehouses, SQL, and Java/Kotlin.
• Familiarity with data pipelines, unit tests, and troubleshooting.
• Nice to have: experience with ERP systems, blob storage, cloud hosting and scripting.
• Excellent technical research skills and customer-centric communication (the problems we face don’t have answers on Stackoverflow, we need to get into the weeds and run experiments). 
• About you: growth mindset, analytical, self-starter; a passion for continuous learning and improvement.
• Build leverage: a week-long task this year should take ten minutes next year.
• Belief in our values

• Remote USA

Salary

• For this job- $140,000- $150,000 +  a generous equity package

We Provide 

The benefits listed below are for US-based employees.

• Relocation - should you apply to a San Francisco based role, Airbyte will assist with U.S. relocation to make this a seamless transition and compensate you well.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off - we need you at your best at all times. Our expected minimum time off of 25 PTO days per year lets you schedule your work around your life.
• Parental leave (for both parents) - we offer 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents so you have time to adjust to the new life (and work) schedule introduced by your new bundle of joy.
• Sponsored Travel - Airbyte has a partially distributed team and we recognize the value of in-person time. We sponsor annual company-wide retreats, team offsites, and Travel With Purpose in between to allow you to collaborate with your team in person on a regular basis.
• Open book policy - we will pay for books you purchase for your professional and career development. 
• Continuous learning/training policy - we sponsor you for the conferences and training programs you feel would add to your development in the company. 
• Competitive benefits package for US-based employees, including:
• Blue Shield or Kaiser Medical Insurance 
• Airbyte covers 100% for both employees and dependents
• Dental (including child & adult ortho) & Vision Insurance
• Airbyte covers 100% for both employees and dependents
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Airbyte covers 100% for employees
• Short-term Disability Insurance 
• Airbyte covers 100% for employees 
• Long-term Disability Insurance
• Airbyte covers 100% for employees
• Healthcare insurance stipend for those outside the US whose countries do not provide it for free.
• 401k for US-based employees.
• FSA (flexible spending account)
• Work Visas We currently sponsor H1B Transfers, TN Visas, and Green Cards. All other Visa requests will be discussed on a case by case basis to determine if we can sponsor.

Airbyte is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Airbyte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.