Customer Support Engineer II (Pune)

Job Brief Mindtickle is hiring an experienced Customer Support Engineer - II to join our Customer Support Engineering team and become the technical heartbeat behind a global enterprise SaaS platform and our award-winning AI solutions. In this role, you will troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in a distributed system across backend services, APIs, data platform, UI interactions, and AI powered solutions. This role demands strong working knowledge of cloud fundamentals: debugging of distributed systems, querying and analyzing system data, logs and traces, writing scripts, and resolving complex backend and frontend issues with precision and speed. You will collaborate directly with Engineering, Product, Quality Engineering and DevOps, influencing product quality and strengthening customer trust at scale. If you thrive in solving hard technical problems, working with cross-functional teams, excel in high stakes scenarios owning outcomes end-to-end and delighting customers, this role offers unparalleled influence and impact few L2 positions can match. Key Responsibilities Operational Support and Issue Ownership - Respond rapidly to customer queries and drive issues to resolution. - Provide timely workarounds and temporary solutions to customers for known issues, ensuring minimal disruption while long-term fixes are being implemented. - Own support tickets end-to-end, ensuring SLA compliance and serving as an escalation point. - Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, QE and DevOps to eliminate systemic issues and reduce ticket volume. - Work independently with strong planning and task management skills. - Use data analysis to make actionable, data driven recommendations. Technical Investigation, Diagnostics and Root Cause Analysis - Diagnose, reproduce, and debug complex issues across backend services, APIs, data flows, UI behavior, and AI driven components. - Capture and analyze browser logs, HAR files, network traces, and client-side errors using modern observability tools. - Analyze AI-driven decision paths, validate model outputs, and identify anomaly or drift patterns. - Troubleshoot integrations with external systems, authentication flows, and third-party platforms. - Leverage tools such as Zipy, DataDog, SumoLogic, FullStory, Mixpanel, and Metabase for deep diagnostics. - Identify, diagnose, and surface real-world failure modes in AI workflows, partnering with Product and Engineering to address root causes and deliver more resilient, trustworthy AI experiences. - Provide configuration guidance and technical solutions to resolve customer issues across environments. - Perform structured impact and severity analysis before escalating to Engineering. - Establish repeatable auditing frameworks to bring consistency to investigations. Knowledge Building, Documentation and Enablement - Build and maintain high-quality runbooks, playbooks, troubleshooting guides, and diagnostic frameworks to reduce repeat incidents and improve response speed. - Convert solved issues into product and documentation improvements for L1, customers, Product, and Engineering. - Drive internal knowledge sharing by conducting deep dive sessions and post-incident walkthroughs. - Communicate solutions clearly to customers and internal teams, translating complex root causes into simple explanations. Scripting, Tooling and Automation - Write scripts (Bash/Python/SQL) to automate log extraction, data analysis, replication of issues, and health checks. - Create lightweight internal utilities to accelerate diagnostics and reduce manual investigation time. - Contribute to building support automation pipelines and AI assisted troubleshooting tools. Requirements Experience and Background: - 1-3 yearsL2 technical support experience in enterprise SaaS platforms/products (AWS Cloud preferred) in a customer-facing role. - Proven track record handling technical issues in production environments, supporting distributed systems. - Experience in supporting a multi-tenant SaaS product or platform; familiarity with multitenant architecture, integrations, and configuration management. - Troubleshooting AI-powered Product features - Hands-on experience troubleshooting AI-powered features. Able to distinguish model issues from data, configuration, or system-level failures with precision. - Knowledge of Authentication, Authorization, and Enterprise Integrations - SSO protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect). - Identity and Access Management (IAM) frameworks. - Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) - Just-in-time (JIT) provisioning and SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management). - Backend and Systems skills: - Strong understanding of database concepts; proficient in SQL for querying, analysis, and data validation. Experience with relational and NoSQL systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ability to debug data inconsistencies and performance issues, and hands-on experience in Snowflake. Jo