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AI Support Engineer - San Francisco

Provide direct technical support to OpenAI customers, troubleshoot complex SaaS issues, automate processes with Python and AI tools, and partner with Product and Engineering to improve the customer experience. Requires 8+ years in technical support or user operations.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with customers, solving their most complex problems and providing ownership and education on the use of our platforms.
  • Be among the foremost experts on everything related to OpenAI products, even where our AI does not have the answer.
  • Be among the last line of defense before our core Product and Engineering teams, and partner with engineering and customer teams to resolve issues.
  • Use scripting and emerging AI capabilities to improve internal tooling and automate recurring processes.
  • Take learnings from resolving customer issues and create our approach to scaling these solutions, partnering with product and Go-To-Market teams.
  • Orchestrate agentic improvements to our operations that will level-up our entire team.
  • Foster a supportive and productive work culture within the User Operations team.
  • Provide support coverage in on call shifts and during holidays and weekends based on business needs (standard 5x8 work week, with 1 of the days covering weekend shifts each week).

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in user operations, technical support, or support engineering roles, ideally within tech startups or fast-paced environments.
  • Comfortable using emerging technologies (Codex, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, etc.) to script or engineer code (e.g., Python or similar) for automating repetitive tasks and integrating tools.
  • Expert-level SaaS troubleshooting skills with the ability to rapidly understand new technologies and complex concepts.
  • Naturally question established norms, skillfully identify root causes, and proactively drive innovation and process improvements.
  • Among the very best critical thinkers, problem solvers, and communicators of complex technical issues in the industry.
  • Thrive in ambiguity, adapt rapidly to change, continuously learn, and proactively seek opportunities for growth.
  • Proven experience building strong relationships with customers and cross-functionally to drive resolution to complex issues.
  • Humble attitude, eagerness to help others, and desire to pick up whatever knowledge is missing to make both the team and customers succeed.
  • High horsepower, adept at frequent context switching and working on multiple projects at once with expansive ownership and prioritization.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, another relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.
  • Relocation assistance to new employees.

Skills

Python, Saas Troubleshooting, OpenAI API, ChatGPT, Codex, Scripting, Automation, Technical Support, Root Cause Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration

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