Mixpanel

Support Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Entry Level & New GradExperience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Analytics, SoftwareIndustries

Job Description: Support Engineer

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is an event analytics platform for builders who need answers from their data at their fingertips—no SQL required. When everyone in the organization can see and learn from the impact of their work on product, marketing, and company revenue metrics, they are poised to make better decisions. Over 9,000 paid customers, including companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Sweetgreen, and Samsara, use Mixpanel to understand their customers and measure progress. Our commitment is to provide the most comprehensive and reliable analytics platform accessible and trusted by all.

About The Support Team

Mixpanel Support is a team of talented problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds. We care deeply about helping our customers be successful and enabling them to get value from their data. We are located all over the world in San Francisco, Barcelona, London, and Singapore.

About The Role

We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, advocates for customers, and thrives in a team environment. The main responsibility of a Support Engineer is to help users solve technical challenges and use Mixpanel to make impactful product decisions. We’ve had team members focus on developing their technical skills to join the product and engineering teams, hone their customer-facing skills to become customer success managers or sales engineers as well as take on leadership roles in the Support organization.

Responsibilities

The core responsibility of a Support Engineer is to support our customers at every turn in the Mixpanel journey by providing answers to product questions, sharing best practices and debugging technical issues. You'll also develop your technical skills, collaborate with our Product team to improve our product, learn product analytics and mentor new team members.

  • Become a Mixpanel product expert - you will help users understand our reports and features, help them use our APIs and SDKs, share best practices and resolve account issues
  • Respond to customer inquiries, primarily via Zendesk email or online chat and occasionally over phone calls
  • Investigate and document bugs and feature requests to share with our Product and Engineering teams
  • Provide feedback regarding internal support processes, product functionality and customer education resources to improve the customer experience
  • Shape the product by regularly working closely with PM’s, engineers, and designers to incorporate customer learnings into change

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

  • You are passionate about helping others succeed and communicate with patience and clarity
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively in a clear, friendly writing style
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to new challenges with creativity
  • Commitment to continuously developing expertise in our evolving product
  • Interest and aptitude to develop technical skills and learn new technologies

Bonus Points

  • Programming experience, understanding of web technologies and interacting with APIs
  • Experience with debugging and collaborating with engineering to resolve complex technical issues, especially with JavaScript, Python, or mobile technologies
  • Experience with Mixpanel or other analytics tools
  • Interest or ability to work a nonstandard work week (i.e. Tuesday - Saturday)

Compensation

The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation


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Skills

Customer Support
Technical Troubleshooting
API
SDK
Product Analytics
Debugging
Collaboration
Mentoring

Mixpanel

Data analytics for user behavior insights

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel provides data analytics tools that help businesses understand user interactions with their products. It tracks user behavior and measures engagement on websites and mobile applications, allowing companies to gain insights into how users engage with their digital platforms. Mixpanel's services are offered through a subscription model, where clients pay a recurring fee based on the volume of data tracked and features accessed. This model supports a steady revenue stream and enables ongoing improvements to the platform. Key features include event tracking, user segmentation, funnel analysis, and retention reports, which assist businesses in identifying trends and making informed decisions to enhance user experience. Mixpanel differentiates itself by focusing on comprehensive analytics tailored for tech startups, e-commerce businesses, and large enterprises, aiming to empower these companies to optimize user engagement and drive growth.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2009Year Founded
$269.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_CCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Company stock options
Sabbatical policy
PTO
Volunteer time off
Parental leave
Mental health resources
401(k) match
Health, dental,& vision coverage
Flexible work from home options
Learning & development stipend
Professional growth hours

Risks

Increased competition from Amplitude and Heap may affect market share.
Data privacy concerns may arise from integrations with platforms like BigQuery.
Growing demand for personalization pressures Mixpanel to enhance analytics capabilities.

Differentiation

Mixpanel offers real-time analytics across devices, enhancing user experience insights.
The SaaS model ensures steady revenue and continuous platform improvement.
Mixpanel's embeddable reports enhance collaboration in tools like FigJam and Coda.

Upsides

Integration with BigQuery enhances data exploration for data-driven companies.
Recognition as a 'Market Leader' boosts Mixpanel's market credibility.
Partnership with Seven Peaks expands Mixpanel's reach in the APAC region.

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