Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Technical Support Specialist role stands out in the SaaS ecosystem because it sits at the intersection of product reliability, customer outcomes, and engineering feedback loops. In an AI-driven platform used by large enterprises, support work often involves authentication, integrations, and data-informed diagnosis rather than basic “how-to” queries, making the function closer to technical operations than traditional helpdesk.
For a SaaS career, the day-to-day exposure here is broadly transferable: reproducing issues, reading logs, validating fixes, and translating customer impact into actionable engineering context. Experience with SSO, REST APIs, monitoring tooling, and network troubleshooting maps well to roles in solutions engineering, technical account management, platform support, or incident and reliability-oriented pathways within subscription software companies. The emphasis on end-to-end case ownership also builds strong habits around prioritisation, documentation, and operational learning.
This position is best suited to professionals who enjoy structured problem solving and clear written communication, and who prefer working across functions rather than staying within a single technical silo. It will particularly fit someone comfortable supporting remote customers, handling escalations calmly, and improving internal knowledge as recurring issues surface.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.
As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.
Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.
Technical Support Specialist
As a Technical Support Specialist, you’ll play a key role in ensuring Synthesia
delivers a reliable and consistent experience for our customers. You’ll be the go-to
team for internal technical escalations and play a key part in Synthesia’s technical
Success.
You’ll investigate complex platform issues, apply technical fixes where possible,
and escalate clearly to Engineering when required. You’ll own cases end to end,
reproducing problems, analysing logs and data, validating workarounds or
patches, and confirming resolution with the customer.
Role Responsibilities:
Investigate and troubleshoot complex technical issues across the Synthesia
platform
Apply fixes, configuration changes, or validated workarounds where possible
Escalate to Engineering with clear diagnostic details and impact assessments
Reproduce reported issues in internal environments to identify root causes
Analyse logs, data, and customer configurations to support investigations
Validate fixes or patches and confirm resolution with the customer
Document findings, solutions, and technical procedures for future reference
Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to report bugs and suggest
improvements
About You:
Minimum 5 years of experience in a technical support or similar customer-facing technical role
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with a logical and analytical approach
Confident communicator with clear, concise verbal and written skills
Solid technical foundation and curiosity to learn new systems and tools
Experienced in diagnosing and resolving technical issues remotely
Able to prioritise and manage workload in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across teams
Technical Experience:
SSO / WorkOS configuration and troubleshooting
REST APIs and Postman for testing and validation
Monitoring and debugging using Datadog
SaaS platform support and administration
Analysing HAR files and network traffic for issue reproduction
At Synthesia we expect everyone to...
Put the Customer First
Own it & Go Direct
Be Fast & Experimental
Make the Journey Fun
The good stuff...
In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and innovative environment, we offer:
A competitive salary + stock options in our fast-growing Series D startup
Paid parental leave
25 days of annual leave + public holidays + paid sick leave
Fun culture with regular socials
A generous referral scheme
A brand new computer + monitor
