Hive

Senior Support Engineer - North America

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
IoT, Enterprise Software, NetworkingIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote-First (US Office)
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Salary: Not Specified

HiveMQ empowers businesses to transform with the most trusted MQTT platform. Designed to connect, communicate, and control IoT data under real-world stress, the HiveMQ MQTT platform is the proven enterprise standard and powers use cases in automotive, energy, logistics, smart manufacturing, transportation, and more. Leading brands like Audi, BMW, Liberty Global, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, and ZF choose HiveMQ to build smarter IoT projects, modernize factories, and create better customer experiences.

HiveMQ is a remote-first company headquartered in Landshut, Germany, with a US office. The last time we counted, we spoke 32 languages within our diverse team at HiveMQ. We are looking for innovative, motivated, and passionate individuals to join our rapidly growing company.

HiveMQ’s Vision for this role: As a part of our Support team at HiveMQ in the role of Senior Customer Support Engineer, your primary goal is to independently solve questions and problems for our customers quickly and efficiently in order to ensure a smooth customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Support different, larger customers during escalation processes in a leading role.
  • Be actively involved in evaluating and possibly improving existing processes.
  • Provide hands-on support to our key-customers in order to help them overcome technical challenges.
  • Be directly involved in enabling innovation for companies using cutting-edge technologies.
  • Be the first point of contact and process requests from existing and prospective customers through multiple channels.
  • Work in close cooperation with our quality assurance, test, and developer teams.
  • Proactively improve our products and documentation.
  • Independently acquire the technical know-how to understand the typical challenges of our customers step by step and are in constant exchange with the HiveMQ core developer team.
  • Occasionally be on-call, in line with our shift work routine.
  • Stay calm and friendly, even if our customers confront you with an elevated stress level.
  • Be dedicated to providing exceptional customer support to HiveMQ customers and are always willing to go the extra mile.

Requirements

  • A passion for identifying and solving complex problems
  • A friendly demeanour and you are confident in person and via phone or email
  • The ability to adapt to constant development and mastering new technologies
  • A self starter attitude and you are able to work independently
  • At least 5 years’ experience in technical support in the field of information technology
  • Experience in leading communications during a customer escalation
  • Basic knowledge of object oriented programming
  • Solid understanding of network technologies
  • Knowledge of Linux systems
  • Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Willingness to fully understand all aspects of HiveMQ technology and services
  • Willingness to support HiveMQ customers on site or through on-call support (separate compensation)

Company Information

HiveMQ is a remote-first company headquartered in Landshut, Germany, with a US office. They empower businesses to transform with the most trusted MQTT platform. They have worked with leading brands such as Audi, BMW, Liberty Global, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, and ZF.

Skills

Customer Support
Technical Troubleshooting
Process Improvement
Product Knowledge
Communication
Collaboration
Innovation

Hive

Provides AI models and APIs for search

About Hive

Hive offers advanced artificial intelligence models through APIs that enhance search capabilities, such as visual similarity and text-to-image search. Their deep learning models can accurately classify content and generate images and text, making them valuable for industries like sports and marketing. Hive differentiates itself with high standards of information security, holding ISO 27001:2022 and SOC Type 2 certifications. The company's goal is to empower businesses by providing AI solutions that improve their operational efficiency and decision-making.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$138.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Consumer Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Equity
Comprehensive Insurance
Catered Meals
Corporate Gym Membership

Risks

Emerging competition from OpenAI's GPT-4 could challenge Hive's content moderation market.
TrueMedia's collaboration with Microsoft may threaten Hive's AI-generated content detection.
Free AI-powered tools like TrueMedia's deepfake detector could reduce demand for Hive's services.

Differentiation

Hive offers a comprehensive suite of pre-trained AI models for diverse applications.
The company provides turnkey software solutions powered by proprietary AI models and datasets.
Hive's technology supports platform integrity, brand protection, and context-based ad targeting.

Upsides

Hive's collaboration with Virgin Money shows potential in the real estate and energy sectors.
Growing demand for AI-powered content moderation boosts Hive's market opportunities.
Hive's Intelligent Search services enhance content discovery and moderation capabilities.

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