Senior Production Support Engineer (Contract-to-Hire)

Please note: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.

Senior Production Support Engineer (Contract-to-Hire)

The Senior Production Support Engineer handles incident triage, issue reproduction, environment support, release support, integration failures, defect coordination, and pod escalation support. This impactful role will serve as a key onshore partner to Product and Engineering during live incidents, high-priority releases, and ambiguous production issues. Please note, this position will begin as a six-month, temporary contract, with the possibility of converting to full-time employment pending performance during the contract period.

This position will ideally be based in one of our US offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week (also eligible for remote candidates).

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You'll Do:

Incident Response & Triage

Handle incident triage, issue reproduction, support diagnostics, and escalation management across production systems and workflows

Investigate application, integration, configuration, and environment issues with a focus on restoring service and clarifying root cause

Support high-priority incidents that require close coordination with engineering, product, or business stakeholders

Pod & Release Support

Act as a close day-to-day support partner to pods during live releases, stabilization periods, and production issue follow-up

Support release-watch activities and confirm production-readiness checks are executed consistently

Help identify support risks before they become material incidents

Problem Management

Document incidents clearly, coordinate handoffs to Engineering, and help ensure issues are tracked through resolution

Improve runbooks, issue patterns, and support evidence to increase repeatability and speed of response

Partner with QA and Engineering to reduce escaped defects and recurring support pain points

Business-Aware Support

Translate technical issues into clear business impact statements for finance-sensitive workflows

Help distinguish true defects from data issues, process exceptions, or user enablement gaps

Escalate material issues quickly and clearly

You Have:

5+ years of production support, application support, systems support, or software operations experience

Experience with modern application environments, APIs, integrations, and workflow-driven platforms

Strong troubleshooting skills and comfort reading logs, tracing workflows, and reproducing issues

Ability to work closely with engineers, product managers, QA, and business stakeholders, translating technical findings into business-relevant language

Comfort handling ambiguous, escalation-heavy, and high-pressure incidents in a disciplined way – you are a dependable partner who is methodical, calm, and accountable

Bachelor's degree preferred

You Are:

Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth

Passionate about delivering exceptional client service

Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly within the office of the CFO

Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture

Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing)

A self-starter with a strong work ethic

Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization

Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary

A team player, able to work with team members across all levels

Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work

A leader of others; you lead by example

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $115,000 to $145,000 + benefits + bonus upon full-time conversion, pending performance during the contract period.

Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

THIS POSTING IS FOR A CURRENT VACANCY AND THE EMPLOYER INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY December 3, 2026.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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