Associate Customer Advocate New

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We are looking for an Associate Customer Advocate who is passionate about driving significant change to the customer experience through personal interactions and product feedback. Someone who has a desire to listen to customers' challenges and provide long-term solutions that enable the full power of our platform.

As an Associate Customer Advocate at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. Your role is to engage with our customers to provide effective solutions to solve customer issues that relate to their account, billing, and platform experience. You’ll educate customers about our platform’s capabilities and features, spearheading their engagement, and offering an exceptional experience throughout their journey from on-boarding to scaling. We expect that you’ll have a desire to connect with our customers and exhibit exceptional problem-solving skills. Our Customer Advocate personify DigitalOcean’s empathy for customers, passion for enhancing their experience and relentless pursuit of simplicity at scale. This requires creative problem-solving and curiosity to tackle customer issues related to user experience and billing with knowledge of cloud services. Some, but not all candidates will have experience in technical areas such as Linux, programming, or web development. All candidates will be assessed against their ability to learn quickly and be a self-starter.

What You’ll Do:

• Respond to customer tickets with thoughtful, personalized communication
• Educate customers on platform capabilities and best practices
• Identify recurring challenges and drive solutions that benefit multiple customers
• Create and update knowledge base articles to improve self-service resources
• Collaborate with your team while independently owning customer challenges
• Triage, escalate, and follow up on incidents or customer-impacting events
• Quickly adapt to product, process, and policy changes
• Share best practices and contribute to continuous team improvement

Key Metrics: (optional)

• Customer Experience
• Ticket productivity
• Quality Adherence
• Maintaining Service levels (Timely responses)

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• A customer-first mindset with the ability to empathize and build trust through clear, thoughtful communication
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn cloud technologies, with the drive to become a product expert over time
• Strong problem-solving skills with the creativity to find both immediate and long-term solutions for customers
• Adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment with frequent product and process updates
• A collaborative spirit that uplifts your team while independently owning and resolving customer challenges
• Commitment to continuous improvement by contributing ideas, sharing feedback, and refining support practices
• Passion for simplifying complex topics, making the cloud more accessible for builders of all levels

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

• This job is located in Hyderabad, India

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