L1 Senior Bilingual Technical Support Specialist

Samsara Samsara · Enterprise · GA · Remote · Support

This role is for a Senior Bilingual Technical Support Specialist at Samsara, a company focused on Connected Operations Cloud for industries like agriculture, construction, and transportation. The specialist will handle complex technical escalations, perform root cause analysis on SaaS, hardware, and integrations, collaborate with customer-facing teams, mentor other support staff, and advocate for customer needs by identifying product gaps. The role requires a technical degree or equivalent experience, 4-6 years in technical support/escalation, and strong collaboration and communication skills. Bilingualism in French is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the escalation point for the most challenging and high-impact customer cases. Investigate and resolve advanced technical issues by partnering closely with frontline Technical Support Engineers (TSEs), Customer Success Managers (CSMs), and cross-functional stakeholders across Product and Engineering.
  2. Lead in-depth root cause analysis of multifaceted product issues across Samsara’s SaaS platform, hardware devices, and integrations. Synthesize data, logs, customer environments, and product behavior to identify patterns and provide actionable insights.
  3. Collaborate with Customer Success and Account teams to align on customer impact, resolution timelines, and communication strategies for complex cases. Represent Support in strategic account conversations and ensure technical confidence with high-value customers.
  4. Provide guidance to Tier II and III support teams on technical troubleshooting approaches, resolution paths, and customer communication best practices. Contribute to up-leveling team capabilities through case reviews, coaching, and technical debriefs.
  5. Identify recurring trends or product gaps from escalations and escalate them to the appropriate Product or Engineering teams. Help inform prioritization by highlighting customer impact and business urgency.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Networking) or equivalent hands-on experience in technical support environments.
  • 4–6 years in a technical support or escalation role, ideally in SaaS, networking, or IoT environments.
  • Demonstrated experience working closely with support and customer-facing teams to resolve complex product issues.
  • Collaboration & Communication
  • Leadership
  • Flexibility: Available to work flexible hours, including participation in on-call rotations and handling urgent escalations when needed.

Nice to have

  • Bilingual in French
  • Familiarity with GPS, electrical circuits, sensors, and telematics technologies.
  • Experience in customer-facing escalations, particularly with high-value customers.