L1 Senior Technical Support

Samsara Samsara · Enterprise · Toronto, ON · Remote · Support

This role is for a Senior Technical Support position at Samsara, a company focused on the Connected Operations Cloud for industries like transportation and manufacturing. The role involves providing technical assistance to customers across multiple channels, troubleshooting complex issues related to Samsara's SaaS platform, hardware devices, and integrations. Key responsibilities include contributing to knowledge base development, identifying trends for product improvements, and collaborating with engineering and product teams. The role requires bilingual proficiency in English and French, a technical background, and strong problem-solving and communication skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the initial technical point of contact for basic and complex customer issues, working collaboratively within your first-line support team, across engineering, and product teams to deliver comprehensive solutions assisting customer inbound requests through web, phone, chat and email channels
  2. Provide in-depth technical troubleshooting for advanced issues across Samsara’s SaaS platform, hardware devices, and integrations, leveraging a deep understanding of networking, cloud technologies, and IoT systems.
  3. Actively contribute to knowledge base development by documenting detailed resolutions, creating technical guides, and mentoring junior agents on your team.
  4. Proactively identify trends in customer issues to influence product improvements and optimize support processes, driving continuous enhancement of the customer experience.
  5. Deliver professional and clear communication to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring seamless resolution of escalated issues while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems, or 4–6 years of equivalent hands-on technical experience
  • 3+ years of experience in a technical product support or specialist role, preferably within SaaS, IoT, or networking environments
  • Proficiency in troubleshooting hardware and software systems
  • Working with SaaS/cloud
  • Communicating with engineers and customers
  • Bilingual proficiency in English and French
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts (e.g., TCP/IP, VPNs, DNS), cloud-based architectures, and hardware troubleshooting
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide junior team members
  • Proven capacity to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Active listening
  • Ability to confidently walk customers through technical issues to resolution
  • Analytical mindset
  • Proactive approach to identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving both technical and process-related challenges
  • Exceptional organizational skills
  • Manage multiple escalations
  • Prioritize workload effectively
  • Meet critical deadlines
  • Availability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends
  • Provide on-call support as needed

Nice to have

  • General knowledge about electrical

What the JD emphasized

  • Bilingual proficiency in English and French is a must.