Technical Support Specialist

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role but the candidate must be within the Philippines region to collaborate with their team peers and internal customers.

Hostaway is a SaaS startup that is transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb VRBO and Booking we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values we consistently deliver results that encourage growth learning and innovation for our team our customers and the industry.

As a profitable and growing company this role is necessitated by our continued growth. Check out more about our recent funding round of $365 million here .

In your Technical Support Specialist role you will be the first line of communication with our customers. You will be responsible for the first screening of calls from our customers. The calls you will receive will be mainly related to how-to questions about the product and your work will have a real impact on the success of Hostaway customers and their businesses. Our customers love the support and service we provide and your role will be to maintain those standards.

Your Mission:

• Take ownership of customer issues on the Hostaway platform via phone.

• Balance the need for urgency with the quality of your responses.

• Accurately determine calls that need to be transferred to a Technical Support Level 1 agent.

• Comply with and follow our Support Guidelines playbook.

• Research diagnose troubleshoot and identify solutions to resolve customer's issues.

• While troubleshooting gather all needed information for the investigation and properly update the customer via Zendesk.

• Provide prompt and accurate feedback to customers managing their expectations for technical issues.

• Be an integral part of the Technical Support team liaising with other members customers and 3rd party vendors.

• Conduct product walkthroughs and provide resolutions to customer's queries.

• Experience handling technical support for customers in large volumes over the phone.

• Experience working with complex web applications. Experience in the Travel and Vacation industry is a plus.

• Experience troubleshooting complex technical SaaS product issues.

• Flexibility to work in US Eastern Time Zone.

• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English (Writing/Speaking).

• You do not give up easily when you see an issue you like to get to the end of the puzzle to find a solution or the root cause.

• Strong time management you'll need to juggle managing incoming inquiries and reporting any new issues.

• Weekend availability is a plus.

What we offer

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.

• 100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space your home office or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).

• Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success.

• Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.

• Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.

• Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms.

• Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.

• Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).

Thank you for your interest. If you apply for this role you will receive an email from our Talent Acquisition team after your application has been reviewed alongside the qualifications for this role and the qualifications of others who have applied.