Customer Support Agent (SaaS Helpdesk)

Fastmail is looking for a Customer Support Agent to join their Philadelphia office. The role involves helping customers with technical issues, troubleshooting, and responding to incoming queries. The ideal candidate has 1 year of experience in similar tech support roles, outstanding written communication skills, and a positive approach to customer interactions.

Requirements

• Helping customers solve problems with kindness and compassion, and empowering them to resolve issues on their own.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, replicating and describing issues, and escalating to senior staff or developers as appropriate.
• Responding to incoming queries through various channels in a timely manner, with a focus on written communication.
• Becoming familiar with and being able to use support documentation and tools confidently.
• Developing and maintaining product knowledge: you'll be trained on the ins and outs of email, and our products, and you'll stay informed on trending issues and product updates.
• Writing and maintaining customer-facing help pages, internal documentation, and standard responses for our most common questions.
• Helping prevent spam, phishing, and abuse while applying privacy and security best practices to protect customer data (we'll show you how).
• Working closely with our global team (Australia and India) through Slack, email, and daily huddles via Zoom—with occasional flexibility for time zone differences.
• Engaging in opportunities to grow your skillset, such as facilitating team meetings and participating in interviews for potential colleagues.
• Other tasks and duties as allocated to you.

Benefits

• 100% covered medical and dental benefits for you from day one.
• Generous contributions for partners and dependent coverage (also available from day one).
• Four weeks of paid time off.
• Paid sick leave, holidays, and parental leave.
• Paid sabbatical for long-term staff.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• SIMPLE IRA match of up to 3%.