Senior Support Engineer

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Provide hands-on support to key customers, solving complex issues, improving processes, and enabling innovation with cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic environment.

HiveMQ is the Industrial AI Platform helping enterprises move from connected devices to intelligent operations. Built on the MQTT standard and a distributed edge-to-cloud architecture, HiveMQ connects and governs industrial data in real time, enabling global leaders like Audi, BMW, Eli Lilly, and Siemens to operationalize AI and drive innovation at scale.

At HiveMQ, our culture is Effortless → Empowered → Relentless. We make the complex simple, act with confidence and ownership, and never stop pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Join us to power the future of intelligent industry.

HiveMQ’s Vision for this role

As a part of our Support team at HiveMQ in the role of Senior Customer Support Engineer, your primary goal is to independently solve questions and problems for our customers quickly and efficiently in order to ensure a smooth customer experience. 

You will…

  • Support different, larger customers during escalation processes in a leading role.
  • Be actively involved in evaluating and possibly improving existing processes.
  • Provide hands-on support to our key-customers in order to help them overcome technical challenges. 
  • Be directly involved in enabling innovation for companies using cutting-edge technologies.
  • Be the first point of contact and process requests from existing and prospective customers through multiple channels.
  • Work in close cooperation with our quality assurance, test, and developer teams.
  • Proactively improve our products and documentation.
  • Independently acquire the technical know-how to understand the typical challenges of our customers step by step and are in constant exchange with the HiveMQ core developer team.
  • Occasionally be on-call, in line with our shift work routine 
  • Stay calm and friendly, even if our customers confront you with an elevated stress level.
  • Be dedicated to providing exceptional customer support to HiveMQ customers and are always willing to go the extra mile.

You have…

  • A passion for identifying and solving complex problems
  • A friendly demeanour and you are confident in person and via phone or email 
  • The ability to adapt to constant development and mastering new technologies
  • A self starter attitude and you are able to work independently 
  • At least 5 years’ experience in technical support in the field of information technology
  • Experience in leading communications during a customer escalation
  • Basic knowledge of object oriented programming
  • Solid understanding of network technologies
  • Knowledge of Linux systems
  • Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Willingness to fully understand all aspects of  HiveMQ technology and services
  • Willingness to support HiveMQ customers on site or through on-call support (separate compensation)
  • Java programming experience 
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as  AWS, Azure, or GCP 
  • Distributed systems knowledge  

 

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Informations about our job advertisements

Job advertisements of HiveMQ GmbH are always directed at female, male and various applicants, regardless of age, gender, religion, sexual identity, disability, race, ethnic origin, world view, etc. The selection of a candidate is exclusively based on qualifications. For organisational reasons, we cannot return application documents and cannot reimburse any expenses that you incur during the application process.

HiveMQ was founded on the belief that every company is an IoT company. That’s why we’re on a mission to build a central nervous system to help businesses connect and manage their IoT devices and data.HiveMQ empowers businesses to transform with the most trusted MQTT platform. Designed to connect, communicate, and control IoT data under real-world stress, the HiveMQ MQTT Platform is the proven enterprise standard and powers use cases in automotive, energy, logistics, smart manufacturing, transportation, and more. Built for flexibility, security, and scale, HiveMQ is loved by enterprise architects and developers. Leading brands like Audi, BMW, Honeywell, Liberty Global, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, and ZF choose HiveMQ to build smart IoT projects, modernize factories, and deliver better customer experiences. The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Landshut, Germany with employees across Europe and North America. 

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