
At XWiki, we build two open-source products used by thousands of organisations around the globe. Companies like Amazon and Lenovo trust the XWiki product to manage their knowledge and work better together. CryptPad provides end-to-end encrypted collaboration while keeping all data private. Apart from building products and applications, our teams also develop customisations and solutions to fit our clients' needs, offer support and cloud services, and work on innovative research projects with commercial partners and academia.
We care both about:
What we build: scalable, extensible products and services that are privacy respectful, with no lock-in
How we work: we’ve been a remote-first company for the past 17 years; we value building open source software, transparency, diversity, and work/life balance.
XWiki is looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join our Support team on its mission of supporting our customers through their XWiki&Cryptpad journey.
🎯 Your mission
Support our customers through their journey. In this role, you will:
- Acquire a good understanding of the XWiki&Cryptpad products and of the client environments
- Learn about security and cloud
- Learn how to troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve issues reported by the customers
- Provide support and technical solutions to our clients (via our customer portal, built-in helpdesk, mail, instant messaging, phone)
- Tackle tasks that involve web technologies, front-end and back-end
- Liaise with the product team to identify bugs and product improvements
- Support our customers and their projects developed on top of the XWiki Platform
- Help our Cryptpad.fr users with their questions
- Support the administrators of CryptPad Cloud instances and handle subscription support questions (Stripe)
- Improve the XWiki&Cryptpad documentation and the support knowledge base
🥇 You’re the right candidate if you
Are passionate about open-source software and how it can make the world a better place
- Are a great communicator
- End-to-end encryption has particular constraints that make CryptPad a bit different than other office suites. They need to be communicated clearly
- Reading between the lines to understand problems that users might be facing
- Are interested in digital privacy and helping people protect their data
- Have an advanced level of written and spoken English
- Are familiar with the software development life-cycle
- Have basic knowledge of Git and experience with issue trackers (JIRA, GitHub Issues, etc.)
- Have experience with troubleshooting
- Are a team player who enjoys working in an agile environment with a high level of autonomy.
🥇 The following are a plus
- Have an basic understanding of core web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Have basic scripting skills and experience in working with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, etc)
- Have Docker experience
- Basic French skills
🤩 The way we work
At XWiki you'll work with us in a fast-paced, international environment. Our commitment to Open Source values is reflected in our company's culture. You'll play a key role in building the next generation collaboration products, learning together with wide community of smart developers. XWiki fosters a collaborative work environment in which innovation and initiative are highly appreciated.
✨ What we offer
A competitive package with performance-based and seniority bonuses. Net salary 1000 - 1500 eur/month, depending on the experience (if hired in Romania)
Flexible work schedule matching our SLA (Mon-Fri between 9-18 CET, no 24/7 shifts) with the possibility of working from home and/or from our office in Iasi, Romania
Great health benefits
Monthly remote events and one offsite with the whole company once a year
Work/life balance: the 4 day-week every 2 weeks (a day off on behalf of the company every two weeks) and additional vacation days based on seniority.
🤝 If we’ve piqued your interest, here’s also a glimpse at our hiring process:
The first interview with our HR team and eventually with the hiring manager
A technical interview with one or two squad members that you’d work with if hired
Final discussion and decision
Even if you're not 100% sure you have all the required skills, we encourage you to apply. The right mindset will help you acquire new skills, and we care as much about your personality as your previous experience. Send us your application (CV and cover letter) at jobs@xwiki.com.