Technical Support Engineer

Sigma Computing Sigma Computing · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Technical Support

Technical Support Engineer role at Sigma Computing, focusing on assisting customers with technical and business challenges using the Sigma platform. Responsibilities include diagnosing and resolving complex issues, collaborating with product and engineering teams, developing best practices and tools for issue diagnosis, and participating in quarterly projects. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field, 2+ years of customer-facing technical experience, and strong SQL proficiency. Desirable skills include experience with cloud services, data warehouses like Snowflake, and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).

What you'd actually do

  1. You will work with Sigma's customers and the pre-sales team to assist with the diagnosis and resolution of complex technical issues.
  2. Working closely with the development team, you will develop best practices and tools for diagnosing issues and optimizing the service for performance.
  3. Collaborate with cross-functional groups — backend, frontend, DevOps, design, product, and the go-to-market teams to create a first-class experience for users of our product.
  4. Participate in quarterly projects and perform periodic on-call duties to improve automation and processes.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a closely related technical field
  • 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (Technical Support, Solutions Engineering, or Software Engineering) at a cloud or SaaS provider
  • SQL proficiency
  • SQL query performance troubleshooting and query plan analysis
  • Proficient in data modeling concepts
  • Ability to chart data into logical visualizations
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong collaboration skills

Nice to have

  • Supporting a cloud service in production
  • Experience working with Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery
  • Knowledge of GCP or AWS
  • Startup experience

What the JD emphasized

  • strong grasp of JOINs, Partitions, Window Functions, Aggregations, CTEs, and sub-queries
  • SQL query performance troubleshooting and query plan analysis
  • A proven track record of building trust with customers and bringing issues to resolution quickly
  • A strong desire to build scalable processes for issue resolution — documenting common patterns and building tooling for diagnosing issues.