Technical Support Engineer 2 (email Infra)

Twilio Twilio · Enterprise · India · Remote · Customer Support

Twilio is seeking a Technical Support Engineer 2 with a focus on Email Infrastructure to support customers using Twilio's platform and APIs. The role involves troubleshooting complex technical issues, collaborating with Product and Engineering teams, and contributing to internal knowledge bases. Requires deep understanding of email infrastructure, protocols like SMTP, SSL/TLS, and network troubleshooting skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Use your strong technical and diplomatic skills to address customer issues and provide customer feedback to Twilio’s Product and Engineering teams.
  2. Be ready to assist our customers when they need us. This position may require working an irregular shift, including the weekend (Shifts are subject to change based on evolving team and customer needs).
  3. Work with our customers' and partners' developers, architects, and support personnel to resolve complex problems with potentially very costly and far-reaching consequences.
  4. Collaborate with your teammates and the Twilio Product and Engineering teams via Slack as well as filing JIRAs to report reproducible bugs.
  5. Review and contribute to internal knowledge bases and external technical resources to stay current on industry shifts and standards.

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years experience, with deep understanding of Email infrastructure such as _Mail User Agent _(MUA) & _Message Transfer Agent_ (MTA)
  • Good understanding of protocols - Encryption-based Internet Security Protocol such as _SSL_, _TLS &_ Communication Protocol such as _SMTP_.
  • Skills in troubleshooting network connectivity issues, with an understanding of TCP/UDP, and basics of SSL/TLS.
  • Good knowledge of RESTful technology, previous work with APIs and ability to understand and solve issues with cloud solutions.
  • High competency in communicating complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences via phone or email mediums.
  • Ability to stand in the customer’s shoes and demonstrated dedication to the customer experience.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellence in task prioritization and evaluation of situational urgency.

Nice to have

  • Knowledge on Email protocols such as _POP3_ and _IMAP_ and Client-Server protocol such as _Telnet_ would be a HUGE plus.
  • Advanced time management skills, ability to work well under pressure, and proficiency at developing workflows to increase troubleshooting efficiency while still following standard processes and procedures.
  • Ability to influence and build effective working relationships with all levels of the organization.
  • Interest in utilizing customer feedback to identify and drive improvements in our products.
  • Basic understanding of Curl command, Webhook.
  • Basic SQL knowledge to query data from snowflake.

What the JD emphasized

  • Email infrastructure
  • Encryption-based Internet Security Protocol
  • Communication Protocol
  • Email protocols
  • Client-Server protocol