Premium Support Engineering Manager (london)

Replit Replit · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Remote · Support

Lead and manage a premium support engineering team for Replit, an agentic software creation platform. This player-coach role involves direct case handling, escalation management, process refinement, and cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product, and Sales to ensure exceptional support for Pro and Enterprise customers. The role will shape how premium support adapts to new products and AI-assisted workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and lead a regional team of Premium Support Engineers, setting the standard for technical depth, speed, and customer experience.
  2. Operate as a player-coach, directly handling complex cases and escalations while mentoring your team and driving operational excellence.
  3. Own the end-to-end Premium Support experience across both high-volume Pro users and high-touch Enterprise customers.
  4. Oversee daily operations of the Premium Support queue, ensuring SLAs (response, update, resolution) are consistently met or exceeded across varying customer tiers.
  5. Serve as the escalation lead for critical or sensitive issues, coordinating closely with Product and Engineering to drive rapid resolution.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years in technical support, developer support, or similar roles within a technology company, with 2+ years in a leadership or management capacity.
  • Experience supporting both high-volume customer segments and high-touch enterprise customers, with an understanding of how support models differ across tiers.
  • Proven ability to operate as a player-coach, balancing hands-on technical support with team leadership and operational ownership.
  • Strong technical foundation in software development, systems, or DevOps workflows, with the ability to guide engineers through debugging and issue resolution.
  • Experience operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where processes, products, and customer needs evolve quickly.
  • Experience managing support operations in platforms such as Zendesk, Linear, or similar systems, including SLA and escalation management.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering with Engineering, Product, Sales, or Customer Success teams.
  • Exceptional communication skills, able to communicate clearly and confidently with both customers and internal stakeholders during high-pressure situations.
  • Strong analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret operational metrics, identify gaps, and drive improvements.
  • Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain high-performing technical support talent.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting developer tools, AI products, or highly technical SaaS platforms.
  • Experience building or scaling premium or enterprise support programs in early-stage or high-growth environments.
  • Experience working with global or distributed support teams.
  • Experience integrating AI tools into support workflows or improving support efficiency through automation.
  • Has used Replit and built internal tooling.
  • Experience supporting AI-assisted development workflows or debugging AI-generated code.
  • Experience building internal support tools, workflows, or automation.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-assisted workflows
  • AI-assisted development workflows
  • debugging AI-generated code