Lead - Customer Success Engineer

Company Details

Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of

“solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create a better experience for their

customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or

break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business

software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done.

There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works.

At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional

customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet

easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates

friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over

72,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony

Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX)

software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks

employees make this possible, all around the world.

Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.

Role Overview

As a Customer Success Engineer (CSE) for the CX Suite of Products (Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshcaller, and Freddy AI), you will serve as a trusted product advisor, working closely with Customer Success Managers (CSMs), Account Managers (AMs), Product, Engineering, Support, and other Go-To-Market teams to drive customer success and maximize product adoption.

Rather than managing a portfolio of accounts directly, you will assist customer-facing teams by providing technical guidance, solution consulting, workflow assessments, and strategic recommendations to help customers fully realize the value of the CX Suite. Your expertise across support workflows, digital engagement, conversational AI, and customer journey optimization will play a critical role in enhancing customer outcomes, expanding product usage, and influencing the product roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

Adoption through Product Consultation

• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshcaller, and Freddy AI, assisting CSMs and customers with advanced product consultations, use case reviews, and adoption strategies.

• Conduct workflow audits and discovery sessions (including agent shadowing) to assess adoption trends, identify gaps, and recommend improvements aligned to customer goals.

• Provide consultative guidance and best practices across ticketing, messaging, calling, automation, AI, analytics, and omnichannel engagement.

• Partner with customers during key transformation initiatives, helping them design optimal workflows, leverage AI/automation, and unlock self-service efficiencies.

Retention & Expansion Strategy

• Support CSMs in driving retention and expansion by addressing adoption challenges, demonstrating product value, and positioning solutions based on customer needs.

• Drive data-backed utilization-based expansion campaigns in collaboration with the account team using insights from workflow audits and product analytics.

• Proactively engage on at-risk accounts by providing mitigation strategies and actionable guidance to support CSMs

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Roadmap Influence

• Represent customer needs in internal expansion and Product & Engineering (P&E) connects, surfacing churn risks, feature feedback, and adoption barriers.

• Consolidate structured customer insights to influence roadmap planning and advocate for enhancements that align with customer priorities.

• Participate in the CX Steering Committee, representing customer needs in product development discussions.

Learning & Enablement

• Lead workshops, webinars, and enablement sessions focussing on support transformation journeys.

• Spearhead enablement initiatives for CSMs by building adoption dashboards, ROI calculators, playbooks, FAQs, and driving CSE-AMA sessions.

• Develop tools, templates, and best practice guides to help teams proactively identify opportunities for product adoption and expansion.

• Stay updated on product innovations and industry trends, continuously refining enablement assets and consultative approaches.

Customer Advocacy

• Lead Customer Outreach programs to collect feedback on new features, product gaps, and areas for improvement.

• Actively contribute to the Freshworks Community by joining Ask an Expert sessions, participating in Customer Councils (VOC).

• Identify and showcase customer success stories that highlight the transformational impact of the CX Suite.

   

Qualifications

Key Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in CX consulting, technical account management, solutions engineering, or other customer experience focussed roles.

• Strong product knowledge of Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshcaller, Freddy AI preferred.
   

• Deep understanding of customer service operations, digital engagement trends, AI in support, omnichannel workflows, and automation best practices.

• Hands-on experience conducting discovery workshops, workflow assessments, technical training, and customer enablement sessions.

• Strong analytical skills to evaluate product adoption, usage trends, customer health metrics, and ROI.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, able to work across technical and business teams.

• Proven ability to influence product roadmap through structured customer feedback.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Support, Sales) to deliver value-driven outcomes for customers.

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.