As a Software Support Engineer, you play a crucial role in bridging the gap between Customer Support and our Engineering teams responsible for Data Management (tables, queries, data sharing), Automations and Connectivity (scripting, automated API requests and data transformation) , Public API (Workiva’s APIs and documentation), and Spreadsheets. Your primary responsibility is to provide technical support to our Customer Success team members, ensuring timely resolution of customer issues and delivering exceptional customer experiences. You'll collaborate with multiple development teams to identify root causes and implement effective solutions, contributing to our commitment to customer satisfaction.

What You’ll Do

Understand and clearly articulate customer needs and requirements
Work with Software Engineers to design innovative components of back-end systems or solutions to meet internal customer needs
Brainstorm and implement ways to streamline processes for fast and adaptable support structures
Identify, verify, and reproduce difficult issues to solve customer problems from various sources.
Manage relationships with Customer Support, Success, and Development teams to ensure required features are delivered for successful product delivery
Act as a first line of support for Customer Success staff to diagnose and troubleshoot customer issues
Collaborate with functional testers in Quality Assurance for testing and regression analysis.
Facilitate resolution of complex issues involving multiple teams
Interact as part of multiple development teams to find customer solutions
Incident Management: Manage service disruptions within the organization while minimizing impact on business operations and ensuring timely resolution
Take ownership of incidents, coordinating resources from engineering and customer facing teams for quick resolution and timely communication to customers and stakeholders
Ensure accurate documentation of incidents, including summaries, post-incident reviews, and lessons learned for knowledge sharing and continuous improvement

What You’ll Need

Minimum Qualifications

2+ years of experience (in software, QA, Support or applicable related IT fields)
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience - an advanced degree will be considered in lieu of experience

Preferred Qualifications

Coursework or experience in supporting software development teams
Experience with SQL or general understanding of databases and querying tables
Understanding of APIs and some modern API testing tools (Postman, Insomnia)
Understanding of spreadsheet formulas and functionalities common in industry standard spreadsheet editing software
Experience providing software support to non-technical users
Experience troubleshooting and conducting root cause analysis of a software platform
Strong communication skills
A sense of urgency allowing for fast response to issues that need to be addressed in a timely fashion
Nice to have - Experience with logging tools such as Splunk, Sumologic, New Relic, and/or Datadog

Travel Requirements & Working Conditions

Minimal Travel
Ability to be on a rotating on-call schedule (minimal disruption)
Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office.

How You’ll Be Rewarded

✅ Salary range in the US: $61,000.00 - $104,000.00

✅ A discretionary bonus typically paid annually

✅ Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

✅ 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.

Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email

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