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Junior Support Associate

L1 Support

Junior Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India Permanent

Compensation

INR 4 - 8 LPA.

Engagement

Full-Time

Permanent role. Full-time commitment. This is an on-site role at Kolkata. It is not remote and not hybrid.

Scope of role

Work on real problems day one. Be supported by senior mentors. Grow fast.

01 — The role

Why this role exists at EduRankAI

Handle L1 support under senior mentorship. Grow into a Support Specialist or CSM role over 18 months. The bar is "you handle hard conversations with the same care as easy ones, and you write tickets that the L2 team thanks you for".

02 — The work

What you will own

  • 01 Handle L1 tickets across products.
  • 02 Author KB drafts under Senior review.
  • 03 Escalate cleanly with full context.
  • 04 Pair daily with Senior agents.
  • 05 Run small training drills under supervision.

03 — The expertise

What we look for

Strong writerMultilingual preferredEmpathic communicatorDetail-orientedOperational discipline

04 — The bar

Who thrives here

  • You have done customer-facing work, even informal, for at least 6 months.
  • You write clearly under pressure.
  • You handle hard conversations professionally and consistently.
  • You can describe a difficult support interaction you handled well.

Terms of Engagement

How working time works at this level

A scheduled week: five days, eight hours a day, with two full rest days.

Type

Junior

Working days

5 per week

Rest days

2 per week

Scheduled week

40 hrs

Per day

8h

Measured by

Objectives agreed at the start of each cycle. Hours recorded for compliance are never used as a performance score.

Where this stands legally

Within the 9-hour day and 48-hour week ceiling of the applicable state Shops and Establishments Act, with at least 24 consecutive hours of weekly rest and a break of at least 30 minutes after five hours of continuous work. Hours are recorded for statutory compliance only. Work beyond the scheduled week is agreed in advance and compensated with time off in lieu.

The full per-level model is published at Working Hours by Level.

05 — Hiring process

What to expect after you apply

  1. 01

    Application review

    Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.

  2. 02

    Take-home or live exercise

    Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.

  3. 03

    Conversations

    Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.

  4. 04

    Offer or honest no

    If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.

Before you start

What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.

We will collect

  • Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
  • Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
  • Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
  • Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
  • Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.

We will never

  • Sell your data
  • Share with third-party recruiters
  • Use for advertising
  • Train models on it
  • Send marketing email

Our situation

EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.

Full transparency policy Questions? Email us

Ready to apply?

We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.

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