Technical Architects are a key part of the Zendesk Professional Services delivery team, crafting technical solutions around every customer's unique business, needs and goals.
What you will be doing
Understanding customer's functional and technical requirements, with the objective of mapping them to business minded goals wrapped around Zendesk functionality.
You will provide recommendations based on your technical knowledge and experience, and be ultimately responsible for definition, documentation, and execution of the appropriate technical solutions.
You will work alongside a Zendesk Professional Services project team - including Engagement Managers, Services Consultants, Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts - on various activities within a customer engagement, acting as the technical solution designer and owner.
Ask questions and dig into the customer's use-case, capture the business problem we are solving together, and finally design their Zendesk in order for the customer to be successful.
Lead and/or participate in design and configuration sessions/workshops with customers and partners.
Produce Technical Design Documents, Technical Guidance Documents, and Zendesk custom application or integration Specification Documents.
Support the development and testing of custom solutions, working closely with Zendesk Developers, and Quality Assurance Analysts on defect resolution.
Support the functional design and configuration of Zendesk, working with Zendesk Services Consultants and Engagement Managers.
Conduct technical training sessions, handover sessions and knowledge transfer sessions.
Liaise and communicate with the Zendesk Engagement Manager on project status, issues, and remaining effort on project deliverables.
Lead, contribute or participate on several projects concurrently.
Maintain technical product expertise across the entire Zendesk product line.
Respond to high-profile, high-impact customer escalations in a confident manner.
Support the pre-sales team in gathering technical requirements and providing solutions and estimates to customers.
What you bring to the role
3+ years system, technical or solution architecture experience
Experience with various architectures (Web, Enterprise, SaaS) and methodologies
Experience with RESTful and JSON API implementation and integration approaches
Experience with Web development (React, VueJs)
Good understanding of customer support processes and infrastructure
Excellent instincts and ability to interface at a senior level with ease
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and eloquent writing skills
Passionate about customer service and how it can transform businesses
Strong organisational skills and an ability to multitask without getting frazzled
Ability to deliver consulting onsite and remotely
Willing and able to travel domestically/internationally if needed
Basic Qualifications
Familiarity with a backend programming language (Ruby, Python, C#, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience on Zendesk configuration and implementation approaches
Experience on Zendesk App Framework
Experience with Zendesk Technical Capabilities (SSO, API, SDKs, etc.)
Experience with Design Systems and Tools (Postman, Swagger, Figma, Lucid, etc.
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