ControlUp
Digital Employee Experience
EscalationEngineer
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“Escalation Engineer at ControlUp. Skills: technical support, debugging complex issues, product knowledge. Provide expert-level technical support. Analyze”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver Autonomous Endpoint Management; deliver a digital workspace that runs itself; bridging the gap between deep visibility and automated remediation; ensure the workday runs without disruptions; technology works seamlessly in the background; help support engineers resolve cases; deliver successful outcomes
Industry & Context.
Analyze; diagnose; debug complex customer issues; Create and implement patches; fixes; diagnostic tools; Push for solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2 years of hands-on full-stack experience, backend skills, multi-threaded environments at scale, .NET, Web services, WCF, IIS troubleshooting skills, Ability to work under pressure, Fast at adapting to new technologies, Independently driven, proactive, accountable, reliable team player
Nice to Have
Development experience with Microsoft SQL, T-SQL, Customer support experience, Experience working with Insights, Splunk, Windows internals (Win32 API), Microsoft environments (Windows Server, NTFS, Active Directory, Exchange, LDAP, IIS, GPO, Azure), hypervisor experience, Solid understanding of data structures, design patterns, algorithms, large-scale software projects
What You'll Do.
Provide expert-level technical support
debug complex customer issues
Create and implement patches
Take ownership of escalations
drive them toward resolution
Acquire broad and in-depth product knowledge
Create and improve documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with our Customer Support team; Act as a technical focal point in cooperative relationships with other internal groups; Coordinate with engineers across various product components; Push for solutions and collaborate with people across teams
Communication Scope
Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills
Process & Methodology
Take ownership of escalations, drive them toward resolution
Full Job Description
## Description ControlUp is a leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX), evolving IT operations with agentic AI to deliver Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) and a digital workspace that runs itself. Our platform transforms millions of real-time signals into intelligent action, bridging the gap between deep visibility and automated remediation. We turn "IT headaches" and employee frustration into self-healing operations, allowing organizations to move beyond reactive troubleshooting toward a future where technology works seamlessly in the background. We're here to ensure the workday runs without disruptions. No tool sprawl, no wasted time, and no friction. Just technology that works for people, not against them, so they can stay focused on what they do best. One platform. One powerful shift in how work flows. About the Role: We are looking to hire a skilled Escalation Engineer to work closely with our Customer Support team and provide ControlUp customers enhanced in-depth Support solutions. As an Escalation Support team member, you will be responsible for providing our customers’ complicated issues technical solutions, in-depth ControlUp products including code reading and bug fixes development. ## What You’ll Own Provide expert-level technical support for our products Analyze, diagnose, and debug complex customer issues. Create and implement patches, fixes, and diagnostic tools. Take ownership of escalations and drive them toward resolution. Act as a technical focal point in cooperative relationships with other internal groups. Coordinate with engineers across various product components to deliver successful outcomes. Acquire both broad and in-depth product knowledge Create and improve documentation to help support engineers resolve cases. Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills. Push for solutions and collaborate with people across teams. ## What you'll bring At least 2 years of hands-on full-stack experience with strong backend skills
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