Customer Support Engineer

Published on March 07, 2024

Onfido makes digital identity simple. We’ve spent 10 years developing identity verification solutions that empower people to quickly and securely access the services they love. Our AI-powered solutions are built with fairness and inclusiveness at their core, and have been awarded ‘Outstanding Leader in Accessibility’ and ‘Best Innovation in Algorithmic Bias Mitigation’ from CogX. Discover how an automated identity verification solution can help your business’ bottom line by converting more customers, reducing the need for manual review, and preventing fraud risk in our ROI calculator.

Onfido lets people prove their identity anytime, anywhere. We’re creating a more open digital world by connecting them to the services they love and need simply, speedily and safely – whether they’re renting a car or opening a bank account. We’re building a full-service suite of AI-powered identity verification solutions with fairness and inclusiveness at their core, and were awarded ‘Outstanding Leader in Accessibility’ and ‘Best Innovation in Algorithmic Bias Mitigation’ and ‘Best AI product in FinTech’ awards at CogX

We are a global, established, technology company having surpassed $130M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) with a prominent position in the global marketplace, and have been repeatedly recognized for our performance and innovation. In 2023, we’ve been awarded ‘Best Fraud Detection and Prevention Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan, featured as a Strong Performer by Forrester in its 2022 Identity Verification Wave, and named to the CB Insights Fintech 250 for the fourth year running. We've received over $200 million in funding from investors such as TPG Growth, Microsoft, and Salesforce to achieve our vision. We partner with hundreds of businesses to help millions access services every week – from billion dollar institutions to hypergrowth unicorns. We support checks in 195 countries, and 2,500+ document types. With over 1,200 customers worldwide and 500 employees

Our goal is to work together to promote and celebrate an inclusive and diverse community. Collectively, all Onfidoers are committed to creating an environment where everyone can be themselves, and where differences are celebrated. We encourage people from all backgrounds and cultures to come together to solve some of the world's most interesting problems.

Onfido is looking for full-time Customer Support Engineer to join the Customer Support team as it expands its 24/7 coverage within Europe. We're also aiming at providing more channels for effective customer support, which includes phone and chat. This is an entry level position, in which the engineer is required to work shifts (day/evening/night). 
This is the right job for you, if you’re keen on:
  • Being a customer’s hero. Understanding priority of requests, capturing the required details for a timely resolution and suggesting the best way of achieving a customer goal. You focus on response time and customer satisfaction.
  • Joining a great company that is leading in tech and disruptive in the identity verification space.
  • Acquiring a deep knowledge of AI technologies and Onfido’s product suite. You will get to learn something new every day as we enhance our products and services.Looking for opportunities to improve internal processes and represent the “voice of the customer” within Onfido.
  • Working with people who inspire and being an inspiration for others. We are proud of our world-class culture, where people are encouraged to share ideas and learn from each other.
Onfido is in hyper-growth mode. That means everyone who joins us today needs to be ready for personal hyper-growth too!
Essential skills
  • Empathy and the desire of helping others.
  • Pragmatic problem-solving skills.
  • Can work independently and make decisions even when limited details are available.
  • Collaborate with team members on tasks and projects.
  • Diligence, patience and friendliness, even when things need to move fast.
  • Sense of urgency, ability to prioritise tasks based on business priorities.
  • Fluent spoken and written English.
  • Practical   experience   with   at   least   one   programming   language:   ideally  Ruby, Python or JavaScript. Also SQL.
  • Knowledge of APIs, SDKs, and web applications and how they work.
Desired skills
  • Experience in a support or other service-oriented customer facing role.
  • BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or other science subject.
Our technology

We use a lot of exciting technology. Our engineers are flexible about technology and pick the right tool for the job:

- Python, Ruby and Elixir for our service code.
- React and Redux for frontend work.
- TensorFlow for Machine Learning / Computer Vision.
- Kubernetes and Docker to package and run services.
- AWS for underlying infrastructure.


We are technology agnostic at Onfido. We are not looking for you to have experience in all these technologies. As long as you're open to learn, please apply.


You can learn more about our product engineering team and the work we do on our Onfido Tech blog.


Who you are:

We encourage people from all backgrounds, cultures, and skill levels to apply. It is okay to not meet all requirements listed as we are looking for individuals who are passionate, and eager to learn.


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Onfido Culture

Onfidoers share a set of core values and want to hear from you if you believe in:
> Succeeding together; you work collaboratively and put the team first
> Taking pride; you care about quality, producing great work and customer / user outcomes
> Creating customer buzz; you demonstrate a strong user / customer focus
> Learning things & sharing them; you have a natural curiosity and default to sharing knowledge with others
> Finding a better way; you’re adept at finding solutions, experimentation and innovating to make things better

Benefits
We're committed to making Onfido a fantastic place to work, so we go to great lengths to give you what you need to succeed. You will receive:
> 25 days annual leave plus a day off for your Birthday.
> Two paid volunteering days per year.*
> Private Medical Insurance through Allianz*
> Life Assurance (3x Annual Base Salary)*
> Generous paid parental leave
> Free mental health coaching provided online.
> Life enrichment allowance of up to €95 per month for services including gym, yoga, fitness classes, massages, childcare, and therapy
> Dedicated learning opportunities including using tools like Learnably with availability  to use for learning resources such as books, coaches, conferences, courses, podcasts, and more
> Our open and transparent culture is reflected in our “Better Together” motto and we bring this to life by meeting once a week for our global weekly roundup (OnThursday); holding quarterly team socials, and other company-wide social events
> Expense up to £300 (or local equivalent) to purchase workstation setup equipment
> The opportunity to become a member of Onfido’s resource groups in order to learn different skills in our belonging groups

*after passing probation (3 months)

Onfido Balance

Personal hyper-growth requires a fast-moving environment, a clear career development plan and—crucially—looking after ourselves. 

Onfido Balance is the toolkit we’ve developed to succinctly communicate our benefits offering:
> Our Body benefits prioritise health, wellbeing, exercise and recovery. 
> Our Head benefits are focussed heavily on learning whatever your learning style, mental wellness and flexible working.
> Our Heart benefits are framed around sharing our success with our peers, our local communities and our future selves in the form of equity, corporate social responsibility and better togetherness. 

Check out Life at Onfido via our LinkedIn Careers Page!

Onfido is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. We're always on the lookout for talented, passionate people and encourage applications from all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race or religion. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.