Remote Technical Support Engineer, US

About Us
Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers — from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel — love Socket (just

check out their tweets

to see for yourself!)

Founded by

Feross Aboukhadijeh

, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised

$65M in funding

from top angels, operators, and security leaders.

About the Role
Were looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join as Sockets first dedicated support hire in the US. Youll be the go-to person for developers and security teams across Zendesk, Slack, and Discord, working to resolve the majority of issues independently. Day to day, that looks like troubleshooting technical issues, guiding customers through Sockets products, and building out the docs and resources that reduce repeat questions. Youll jump on video calls with enterprise customers when needed and flag patterns that shape our product roadmap. The runbooks you write, the macros you build, and the patterns you spot will shape how Socket scales support going forward.

Responsibilities
Own inbound support tickets during US business hours from first response through resolution, meeting SLA targets independently.

Dig into integration issues across Sockets GitHub App, CLI, API, and CI/CD pipeline checks by reading logs, tracing webhook failures, inspecting JSON payloads, and reproducing edge cases.

When something needs to go to Engineering, send it with everything they need: repro steps, scan output, environment details, and your best hypothesis.

Understand package ecosystems well enough to explain scan results, manifest files, lockfile behaviors, and flagged risks to both developers and security stakeholders.

Build out support resources including runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and Zendesk macros for common issues.

Spot patterns in tickets and bring recurring issues and undocumented edge cases back to the Customer Engineering and Product teams.

Keep the broader team in the loop with clear, thorough handoffs.

What Were Looking For
3+ years in technical support, support engineering, or TAM at a B2B SaaS company, ideally somewhere with API/integration complexity or a developer-facing product.

Comfortable in a terminal and with code. Reading a JSON payload, parsing a stack trace, understanding what a lockfile does, and writing or tweaking a basic Python or JavaScript script should all feel familiar.

A solid grasp of developer workflows. You know what a CI/CD pipeline does, how build processes work, and what it means when a dependency gets flagged.

Some familiarity with the security or DevSecOps space is a plus. SCA tools, CVEs, SBOM, supply chain risk. You do not need to be a security researcher, but caring about the problem goes a long way.

Clear, concise written English. Most communication here happens async and in writing, so getting your point across cleanly matters.

A habit of writing things down. When you solve something, your instinct is to document it so the next person does not have to start from scratch.

Experience with Zendesk or a similar ticketing tool is a plus, as is exposure to open source ecosystems (npm, PyPI, Maven) or CI tooling like GitHub Actions or CircleCI.

Our Interview Process
Informational with a member from our Talent Team

Virtual f2f with the Hiring Manager

Technical Interviews

Presentation phase

Final call with our Founder

References

Decision/Offer

We know how important clarity is when looking for a new role, so weve put together a read-me about the

Interview Process at Socket.

Benefits:

Our benefits are crafted to support you and your family, so you can take care of what matters most and thrive in and outside of work. We offer:
Market competitive salary bands

Meaningful equity program

Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family

Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge

Paid parental leave

Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites

At Socket, we
Pursue Excellence:

We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.

Move with urgency and focus:

We prioritize swift, decisive action.

Think rigorously:

We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.

Trust and amplify:

We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.

Feel a strong sense of ownership:

We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and were non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.

Are customer obsessed:

We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.