Technical Support Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Resolve technical issues and provide advanced support directly to customers, including support for fal's platform (APIs, UI issues, and troubleshooting errors).
• Support users across multiple products via email, chat, and Slack.
• Troubleshoot integration issues, including authentication problems (OAuth, API keys), HTTP errors, malformed requests, rate limits, and API misconfigurations.
• Analyze API logs, error messages, and request/response payloads to identify root causes.
• Manage support tickets by responding within SLA timeframes, escalating complex issues appropriately, and maintaining detailed case records.
• Reproduce, escalate, and document bugs or edge cases in collaboration with engineering.
• Provide structured feedback to engineering teams regarding platform reliability, performance bottlenecks, and customer-reported issues.
• Assist with testing and validation of new features, releases, and infrastructure changes before production deployment.
• Write and maintain technical content, including use case guides, how-to examples, FAQs, solutions for common errors, and documentation of issues and resolutions for the knowledge base.
• Improve developer documentation to make integration as self-serve as possible.

What You Bring

• Strong analytical thinking, technical problem-solving skills, and a systematic approach to troubleshooting technical issues across web platforms, cloud environments, and enterprise software.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting REST APIs and backend services, including working directly with REST APIs and authentication flows (OAuth2, API keys).
• Experience using monitoring, logging, and observability tools to support production systems.
• Familiarity with AI platforms, machine learning systems, or data-intensive applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience providing technical support with a customer-first mindset.
• Strong technical writing abilities with experience creating and maintaining user guides, FAQs, and troubleshooting documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize effectively and respond quickly to critical issues.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Self-starter who can identify process improvements.
• Familiarity with tools such as Slack, Linear, Notion, and GitHub.
• Familiarity with authentication protocols like REST APIs, OAuth2, JWT, and API key auth.

What we offer at fal

• Competitive salary and equity
• A lot of learning and growth opportunities
• Regular team events and offsites