Product Support Specialist
- Role
- Support
- Experience
- Mid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Startup
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No BS summary
Product support specialist with 1-4 years of customer-facing technical support experience in a SaaS company. Needs SQL, APIs, cloud platform familiarity, support tools like Zendesk/Intercom, and C1/C2 English. Remote role constrained to Germany / EU time zones, within +/-2 hours of Germany GMT+1.
Core skills
Required skills
Required languages
Remote (+/- 2hrs from Germany GMT+1). C1 or C2 English is essential
At Secfix, we’re at the forefront of automating security compliance in Europe. We help companies get and stay ISO 27001, GDPR, TISAX, and SOC 2 fast and easy and reduce hundreds of hours of manual work.
Secfix is run by a 100% remote team with hubs in Munich, Berlin and London. We’re a high-performing team looking for passionate, execution-focused, owners to help us automate security and compliance for modern companies and become the European compliance automation leader. We’re backed by top VCs, including Octopus Ventures, Neosfer (Commerzbank), founders of Signavio and many more business angels.
About the Role
You'll be the second member of our Product Support team, trusted to design processes, set standards, and shape how Support is done at Secfix. If you like ownership and you’re proactive, this opportunity is for you :)
What You'll Do:
As a Product Support Specialist, you will serve as the first point of contact for product-related inquiries, focusing on providing exceptional support to our clients. Key responsibilities include:
- Act as the first line of support on product-related queries via chat, responding with empathy, clarity, and efficiency to resolve issues quickly.
- Document bug reports, review logs, and identify recurring issues; collaborate closely with Product Engineering to escalate and track resolution without the need for direct debugging or code fixes.
- Perform pre-release QA checks to ensure you are uptodate.
- Own and update the knowledge base, including creating help center articles that simplify complex topics for our customers.
- Create videos and own communication on new feature releases and get our users excited about new functionalities
- Continuously refine support processes to optimize customer experiences and improve efficiency.
- Serve as the technical product expert, training Customer Success Managers on product features and common troubleshooting methods to help them handle customer inquiries effectively.
About You:
The ideal candidate has a background in technical product support within a B2B SaaS environment, with a strong understanding of software products. Here’s what we’re looking for:
- 1-4 years of customer-facing experience in technical support or similar roles in a SaaS company
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), APIs and a good understanding of support tools like Zendesk/Intercom.
- You should be capable of extracting information and analyzing data using SQL in your day-to-day work.
- Skilled at analyzing issues and collaborating with engineering teams to solve complex technical problems without hands-on coding.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication in English, comfortable in customer chat interactions and in crafting detailed knowledge base articles.
- Driven to take full ownership of customer issues from identification to resolution, including documentation.
- Enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced startup environment, quick to learn, and proactive in adopting new tools and technologies.
What we offer
- Remote Work: 100% remote work with a virtual office in Gather.
- Competitive Salary: Industry-competitive local salaries.We pay local rates that are at or above the market. We share this philosophy with GitLab.
- Equity: Generous equity package – we’re all owners of Secfix and beneficiaries of our collective success.
- Mentorship: We are backed by top VCs and accelerators and have direct access to world-class mentors.
- Development Budget: €1,000 annual personal development budget.
- Home office Budget: Home office budget and access to co-working spaces.
- Holidays: 26 days holiday + local public holidays.
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive health coverage.
- Annual Retreat: Annual retreat to build connections and inspire ideas (this year we’re headed to Milan!).
- Company Events: Company-wide events to build relationships and have some fun!
- Tech Equipment: Latest tech equipment (MacBook, monitors, headphones).
Interview Process:
- 20-30 min - Intro call with Talent team
- Take-home Assessment
- 45 min interview with our CS Lead and Founding Product Support Specialist
- 60 min - Final Founder Interview with Co-Founders
Please note: We are an equal-opportunity employer and remote-only company. At this time, we can support hiring only within EU time zones. We work in sync using Gather as our virtual office. As a small fast-growing company, we believe in the need for an in-sync component of daily communication and therefore cannot support 100% asynchronous work. Read more about our Remote Culture here_._
What you'll do
- Act as the first line of support on product-related queries via chat, responding with empathy, clarity, and efficiency to resolve issues quickly.
- Document bug reports, review logs, and identify recurring issues.
- Collaborate closely with Product Engineering to escalate and track resolution without direct debugging or code fixes.
- Perform pre-release QA checks to stay up to date.
- Own and update the knowledge base, including creating help center articles that simplify complex topics for customers.
- Create videos about new feature releases.
- Own communication on new feature releases and get users excited about new functionalities.
- Continuously refine support processes to optimize customer experiences and improve efficiency.
- Serve as the technical product expert.
- Train Customer Success Managers on product features and common troubleshooting methods to help them handle customer inquiries effectively.
What they require
- Background in technical product support within a B2B SaaS environment.
- Strong understanding of software products.
- 1-4 years of customer-facing experience in technical support or similar roles in a SaaS company.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
- Familiarity with APIs.
- Good understanding of support tools like Zendesk or Intercom.
- Capable of extracting information and analyzing data using SQL in day-to-day work.
- Skilled at analyzing issues and collaborating with engineering teams to solve complex technical problems without hands-on coding.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication in English.
- Comfortable in customer chat interactions and crafting detailed knowledge base articles.
- Driven to take full ownership of customer issues from identification to resolution, including documentation.
- Enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Quick to learn and proactive in adopting new tools and technologies.
- C1 or C2 English is essential.
- Must work remotely within +/- 2 hours from Germany GMT+1.
- Must be within EU time zones.
- Cannot support 100% asynchronous work.
Benefits
- 100% remote work with a virtual office in Gather.
- Industry-competitive local salaries at or above market.
- Generous equity package.
- Backed by top VCs and accelerators with direct access to world-class mentors.
- €1,000 annual personal development budget.
- Home office budget.
- Access to co-working spaces.
- 26 days holiday plus local public holidays.
- Comprehensive health coverage.
- Annual retreat to build connections and inspire ideas.
- Company-wide events.
- Latest tech equipment including MacBook, monitors, and headphones.
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