Opti, a part of Aliaxis, is a leader in IoT cloud-based stormwater management, is seeking a full-time Customer Success Engineer to support a fast-growing company whose products help communities adapt to changing societal and environmental circumstances. Opti offers a hybrid work environment based upon trust and transparency. Office based activities are guided by 'office with a purpose' centered on teamwork requirements. At Opti, it's possible to 'design anywhere, build anywhere' given our company lives in the cloud! The Customer Success Engineer position is located in our Boston, MA headquarters.
Overview
At Opti, we are a passionate team of water experts and technologists driven to protect our communities, infrastructure, and the environment from the impacts of stormwater runoff. We believe the stormwater management challenges facing communities today require performance improvements, adaptive capacity, and operational transparency that digital approaches can deliver. Opti is the creator and leading provider of Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC) solutions. Opti's software products provide solutions to multiple, often competing, stormwater objectives, providing customers with economic savings, resiliency and peace of mind since 2007.
The Customer Success Engineer helps customers adopt and use our software platform, ensuring they receive configuration updates, technical support, and performance insights needed for success. The role provides remote troubleshooting and commissioning support to our delivery partners, public and private sector customers and contractors, as they perform on-site setup, maintenance, and system verification. In addition, the position supports ongoing account management through activities such as subscription renewals, data reviews, and performance assessments.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide remote support for project deployments, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Opti CMAC systems.
- Triage inbound support requests, resolving issues directly when possible and documenting cases clearly for escalation.
- Support Opti-led operations and maintenance services, including inspections, warranty coordination, and repair proposals.
- Build and maintain strong customer and partner relationships by delivering clear communication and technical guidance.
- Conduct data reviews and performance assessments, helping customers understand system operation and identify improvements.
- Capture customer feedback and share insights to improve Opti’s products, documentation, and processes.
- Maintain accurate site metadata and hardware documentation to ensure long-term supportability.
- Collaborate with internal teams to streamline deployments and support continuous product improvements.
Basic Qualifications
- BS in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 2–5 years of professional experience in a technical, customer-facing role.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated problem-solving ability with attention to detail and organization.
- Comfort guiding field personnel step-by-step via phone or video.
- Ability to interpret common engineering plots (time-series charts, histograms).
Preferred Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to build trust and communicate clearly with customers, contractors, and partners.
- Experience in customer-facing roles with demonstrated success translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
- Background in water resources, environmental technology, or related fields.
- Familiarity with environmental monitoring hardware (sensors, actuators, valves, control panels).
- Hands-on experience with electrical troubleshooting and diagnostics (multimeter use, signal checks).
- Knowledge of serial protocols used in field equipment (e.g., Modbus, SDI-12) and comfort with IoT/SCADA devices.
- Experience with CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred).
- Ability to capture customer feedback and turn it into actionable process or product improvements.
Current Benefits Summary
Opti offers competitive compensation and an employee-centered benefits package relative to most start-ups, including:
- Competitive base salary and paid time off
- Bonus opportunity based on individual and company performance against goals
- Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO/HMO health coverage
- Delta Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(K) - employee contributions plus a corporate match up to 5% of base compensation
- Flexible spending account
- Dependent spending account
- Short term and long term disability
- Home office reimbursement account
- Pre-tax transit account
- Pre-tax parking account
Please submit your application below. For more information, please contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Transforming stormwater from a challenge into an asset, Opti’s digital tools enable and promote resilient communities and clean water. Our continuous monitoring and adaptive control (CMAC) platform helps communities and businesses turn stormwater infrastructure into smart, resilient systems at a greatly reduced cost and with less risk than existing alternatives.
Opti’s fully automated, cloud-based solution is capable of leveraging weather forecasts to predictively move water in advance of inclement conditions to promote water conservation, water quality improvement, combined sewer overflow mitigation, flood mitigation, erosion control, asset performance monitoring, and more.
Data from our stormwater management tools provide actionable insights to inform city leaders on critical issues such as emergency flood prevention, traffic management, and wastewater treatment operations.
• 170+ deployments — and growing — in communities across the country
• 26,000+ storms managed, including CSO and SSO prevention
• 110+ million gallons of water managed within the storage infrastructure
At Opti, we believe the stormwater management challenges facing communities today require digital approaches to deliver performance improvements, adaptive capacity, and operational transparency. But we are also more than our technologies — we’re a passionate team of water experts and technologists driven to protect our communities, infrastructure, and the environment from the impacts of stormwater runoff.
Learn more about who we are and how we can help you at https://optirtc.com/.
