About the Role
Vapi (/ˈVɑːpi/):
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We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface
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We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents
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We’ve grown to over 700k developers in two years, adding 2,000+ every day
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Try talking to Vapi now! https://vapi.ai/
Why We’re Hiring This Role:
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As Vapi scales its enterprise footprint, we need a technical leader to build and manage a world-class L1 Support Engineering team dedicated strictly to our Enterprise accounts.
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This isn’t a traditional "customer service" management role - it is engineering-led leadership. You will manage the team that unblocks our highest-value enterprise customers pushing the limits of LLMs, STT, and TTS in mission-critical environments.
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Your team's efficiency in resolving technical friction for enterprise users during the stabilization phase will act as the primary engine protecting Net Revenue Retention (NDR).
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You will serve as the strategic bridge between our enterprise base and L2 support team within core engineering, ensuring that high-value support feedback loops and API gaps directly shape our 2026 product roadmap.
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You will enforce critical operational boundaries ensuring enterprise support interactions are triaged efficiently based on their specific account tiers (Strategic, Managed, Low Touch)
What You’ll Do:
30 Day:
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Master the Stack: Deep-dive into the Vapi stack, mastering nuances of sub-500ms latency, tool-calling, and the Vapi CLI.
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Audit Enterprise Operations: Audit the current ticket triage process specifically for enterprise accounts utilizing complex SIP integrations, WebRTC, and custom LLM configurations.
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Partner with Engineering: Build a relationship with the L2 Support team (sitting in Engineering) to ensure a seamless escalation path for our highest-value customers.
60 Day:
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Enterprise SLA Excellence: Formalize and strictly enforce Severity SLAs for paying enterprise customers, ensuring P1 blockers receive a 4-hour first touch and P2 issues receive an 8-hour first touch.
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Tier Enforcement: Work with Agent Strategists and Agent Engineers to ensure L1 CSEs are not becoming "ad-hoc FDEs" for lower-tier enterprise accounts, and correctly identify when support requests should be flagged as upsell opportunities.
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Automation: Collaborate with Product to refine automated testing and Eval suites, turning frequent enterprise friction points into platform features
90 Day:
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Team Growth: Own the technical health of the enterprise base and scale the L1 team to handle the increasing volume of complex enterprise deployments.
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Knowledge Leadership: Oversee the publication of "God-tier" technical guides and debugging snippets tailored to complex enterprise integrations.
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Strategic Feedback: Act as the primary bridge between enterprise stakeholders and core engineering, surfacing technical requirements to continuously improve the platform
Who You Are:
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Technically Lethal Leader: 5+ years in high-intensity technical support or solutions roles, with at least 2 years of experience managing technical teams. You are fluent in REST APIs, webhooks, and event-driven systems.
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Enterprise Experienced: You have a proven track record of managing support operations for enterprise accounts and strictly adhering to commercial SLAs.
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AI-Native: You understand prompt engineering, structured outputs, and how to optimize them for voice latency.
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Code-Capable: You can still jump into Python or JavaScript to help your team debug an enterprise customer’s middleware or build a reproduction agent.
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Voice Fluent: Experience with SIP, WebRTC, or Twilio is highly preferred—you understand the "plumbing" of a phone call.
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Relentlessly Autonomous: You don't wait for a playbook; you write the one that will scale Vapi to its next 1,000 enterprise customers
Why Vapi:
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Generational impact: Build the human interface for every business
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Ownership culture: 70% of the company are previous founders
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Kind team: The founders, Jordan and Nikhil, are Canadians
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Tier-1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer Series A
What We Offer:
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Real stake: We offer a competitive salary and excellent equity ownership
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Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans
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Team love: We love hanging out, and we do quarterly off-sites
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Unlimited PTO, with a culture that encourages ~20 days off annually to recharge
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More: catered meals, commuter support, gym, and a $10k annual L&D budget
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