Product Support Engineer

This role is located in Japan - We are a remote work environment for 2026 with future plans to open up an office in 2027.

Candidates must possess a valid Japanese work visa at the time of application. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Tulip the leader in frontline operations is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with connected apps leading to higher quality work improved efficiency and end-to-end traceability across operations. Companies of all sizes and across industries have implemented composable solutions with Tulips cloud-native no-code platform to solve some of the most pressing challenges in operations: error-proofing processes and boosting productivity capturing and analyzing real-time data and continuous improvement.

A spinoff out of MIT Tulip is headquartered in Somerville MA with offices in Germany and Hungary. Focused on composable human-centric solutions for industrial environments Tulip is disrupting the MES category and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator. Tulip has also been named one of Energages Top Workplaces USA and one of Built In Bostons Best Places to Work and Best Midsize Places to Work for 2024.

About You:

• You are willing to work in a fast paced challenging quickly changing environment.
• You are keen to learn the latest technologies and improve yourself.
• You are tech savvy with years of experience on technical product support working with customers through multiple forms of communication including chat and web calls.
• You are genuine humble curious and willing to work in a fun diverse culture.

What skills do I need

• Experience with ticketing systems (e.g. ZenDesk).
• Experience in manufacturing or process engineering.
• Familiarity with Atlassian environment (e.g. Jira Confluence).
• Collaborative attitude to partner with and manage multiple teams to resolve issues.
• Exceptional communication skills written and oral.

What tech experience would be preferred

• Intermediate
• API and HTTP (post/get auth etc.)
• Shell scripting (MacOS UNIX)
• Basic
• SQL (PostgreSQL) and Mongo databases queries
• Network/Cloud (AWS Azure)

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the frontline contact for customers in need of support and provide timely accurate and complete responses to inquiries.
• Educate customers on the product usage and features.
• Diagnose troubleshoot and resolve technical issues working with cross-functional teams as needed.
• Escalate and follow-up complex cases with key collaborators below.
• Manage Support workload to provide visibility to issues and resolution status.
• Continuously improve the internal support processes and tools.
• Expand product documentation held in our customer-facing knowledge base.
• Process business and technical information for customers and provide feedback for the developer teams.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide occasional support during off-hours including nights and weekends for critical issues.

Key Collaborators:

• All other customer facing teams: Applications Engineering Customer Solutions Customer Success
• Software Engineering (multiple sub-teams as applicable)
• Hardware Engineering

Working At Tulip

We know even great candidates experience imposter syndrome. Even if you dont match every requirement applying gives you the opportunity to be considered.

Were building a strong diverse team that values hard work families and personal well-being. Benefits of working with us include:

• Direct impact on product and culture
• Company equity
• Hybrid Work Style
• Learning & Development benefit Comprehensive social insurance package (Health Pension Employment and Workers Compensation
• Commutation Allowance

We are an equal opportunity employer. At Tulip we celebrate all. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Help us build an inclusive community that will transform frontline operations.