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Support Engineering Manager

Sardine· Support Engineering
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Remote$105k - $160kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Role focused on owning and scaling Sardine's technical support experience, combining technical ownership, people leadership, and operational excellence to support a complex API-driven fraud and payments platform.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Support Engineers, driving accountability, continuous growth, and a high-performance culture
  • Own service delivery end-to-end, acting as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues and enterprise customer situations
  • Get hands-on when it counts, diving into tickets, debugging API issues, joining customer calls, and leading incident response alongside your team
  • Build and enforce operational processes including incident management, escalation playbooks, and internal quality review frameworks
  • Define and track team metrics and dashboards, using data to identify trends, surface systemic issues, and drive continuous improvement
  • Partner with Engineering, Product, and Customer Success to advocate for customer needs and influence platform improvements
  • Champion AI and automation adoption, including Pylon's AI Assistant, to improve team productivity and service quality
  • Lead hiring, onboarding, and career development to scale the support organization as Sardine grows
  • Represent the support function in cross-functional forums and contribute to strategic decisions with customer insights and operational data

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in technical support, support engineering, software engineering, or a related technical role, ideally with hands-on development or engineering experience
  • 3+ years managing technical support teams, including performance management and coaching
  • Hands-on technical background, prior software development experience is a strong plus
  • Proficiency with SQL and REST APIs; comfortable using debugging and observability tools
  • Experience in both startup and larger company environments
  • Experience running high-volume support operations with enterprise SLAs and on-call responsibilities
  • Able to go deep technically and lead people effectively, both matter in this role
  • Track record of building or improving processes around incident response, escalations, and service quality
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Skills

Required:SQLREST APIsIncident managementPeople leadershipCustomer advocacyData-driven decision making

Benefits

  • Generous compensation in cash and equity
  • Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
  • Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
  • Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
  • Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
  • 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
  • MacBook Pro delivered to your door
  • One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
  • Monthly meal stipend
  • Monthly social meet-up stipend
  • Annual health and wellness stipend
  • Annual Learning stipend
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Sardine

The AI risk platform for fraud, credit, and compliance

Sardine’s AI platform is at the core of enterprise risk and fraud workflows, allowing them to consolidate vendors and improve operational efficiency. Hundreds of enterprises in over 70 countries trust Sardine to stop fraud in real-time, streamline BSA/AML compliance, and unify data across risk teams.

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