Technical Services Engineer

Please note this is for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. You only need to apply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.
At Ripple, we're building a world where value moves like information does today. It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.
If you're ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.
THE WORK: Are you a problem-solver looking for an exciting technical challenge?
As a Technical Services Engineer, you will be providing first-class service and support for our financial institution customers using Ripple's mission-critical software to make payments around the globe! In your role, you will directly work with our customers and coordinate with Ripple's Engineering teams to troubleshoot, replicate, and resolve issues to our customer's satisfaction.
You will analyze and resolve challenging technical issues and investigate and identify root causes at the product, data, or network level, all the while keeping key stakeholders informed and up to date on the situation. You will engage all levels of the Ripple organization as appropriate from the Engineering, Account Management, Delivery and our Leadership team, in order to own and drive customer issues to resolution in a timely manner.
You will play an important role in configuring production support and oversight arrangements for Ripple customers to reduce the risk of service interruption. These preventative activities will be instrumental in ensuring a smooth and reliable production experience for all users of Ripple technology.
WHAT YOU'LL DO: Enhance and adhere to a world-class set of operational procedures and policies for mission-critical production support on a peer-to-peer payments network, and continually review & improve on these on an ongoing basis.Demonstrate, reproduce, successfully debug, and resolve technical issues across our customers' technology stack.Design and build tools and scripts to help analyze the product, database, and network log files and narrow the cause of issues.Help to build and administer the infrastructure and systems that keep our customers up to date and informed.Become a subject matter expert on Ripple's revolutionary technology and products and an authority in the product requirements for production excellence.Work with engineering and product to fix issues, release patches, and install in customer environments.Coach and guide Ripple customers in implementing standard methodology policies and procedures for the smooth running of Ripple technology.Voice of the customer: communicate customer's requirements and desires back to Product Development and Engineering to influence Product Functionality and Roadmap.You will be required to participate in out-of-hours customer production support from time to time.WHAT YOU'LL BRING: 5-8 years' experience implementing or supporting transaction processing systems supporting cash management, payments, or trade finance product in a complex technical environment.A strong sense of ownership, and compassionate attitude that "the customers' problem is my problem."Excellent decision-making capabilities and the ability to be highly effective in demanding situations.Deep technical and functional understanding of payment flows and cross border payment processing.Knowledge of IT Infrastructure including Databases, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Proxy Servers, Applications and Web Servers.Hands-on support/coding experience in web-based technologies:Web Services, REST APIs, JSON.Experience with Linux, Javascript, Ruby or Python, Bash/S.Peer-to-peer networks.Real-time technologies.Working knowledge of Linux system administration with an emphasis on networking (TCP/IP) and security best practices.Experience with Jira, Confluence and test/defect management tools and processes and real-time monitoring tools such as Grafana.Experience in providing customer support in a peer-to-peer technology environment.Solid understanding of database systems (Oracle, MSSQL, PostGres) including common database tasks and cloud technologies (AWS/Azure).Strong communication and collaboration skills to partner with internal Product and Engineering teams as well as external customers in an agile environment.Excellent oral and written and customer service skills.Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.Work in a team environment 7x24x365 with the ability to function with independent discretion during rotating shift work.Must be comfortable with some customer-related travel (10-20% travel).WHO WE ARE: Do Your Best Work
The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders.A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team.We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!Take Control of Your Finances
Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity.Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support.Employee giving match.Take Care of Yourself
R&R days so you can rest and recharge.Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming.Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it.Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events.Benefits listed above are for full-time employees. Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

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