Product Support Specialist I (Merchant Care)
Affirm · Full-time · Posted 3w ago
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.
Product Support Specialists at Affirm provide fast and reliable service to our merchant business partners. This role is at the front line of our merchant support experience, and you will be responsible for ensuring that any technical or operational issues our merchants have are quickly resolved. You will become a product and payments expert, viewed by our clients as a trusted partner from whom they can reliably get quick and correct information. You will work cross-functionally with Affirm’s Sales, Client Success, Operations, and Engineering teams to provide clients with quick solutions, troubleshoot account issues, and build internal processes that scale.
What You'll Do:
Support Affirm’s merchant partners: E-Commerce retailers which utilize various platforms
Utilize various troubleshooting techniques to resolve complicated technical or configuration issues
Work closely with engineers to resolve technical and operational issues, and provide high-touch support to merchant partners
Effectively manage multiple customer inquiries simultaneously, with appropriate prioritization
Build scalable support processes and engage with feedback to streamline workflows
Drive merchant partner communication and outreach about new features and enhancements
Aggregate feature requests based on merchant partner feedback to guide future product planning
What We Look For:
Fluent in French as well as English
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
2+ years of experience in relevant industry (Tech, eCommerce, SaaS) and/or similar role(s)
Ability to handle a high volume of requests with efficiency and empathy
Passion and drive to change consumer banking for the better
Great writing. You need to be able to clearly describe technical concepts and instructions in emails, but let your personality show and use these interactions as a chance to build relationships
A knack for understanding complicated technical systems and concepts
A record of taking responsibility for owning projects through completion and adapting completed projects as needs change
Insight: you can see the questions and issues that motivate our merchants and collaborators, even if they’re not plainly stated
Nice to have: Experience working with major e-commerce platforms (Shopify, WooCommerce, etc) or exposure to web development concepts
Nice to have: comfort working with logs and formatted data to troubleshoot issues
Level commensurate on experience
About the Operations team
The Operations team delivers seamless customer experiences and enables new product capabilities while ensuring operational excellence. The team owns strategy, planning, technical execution, customer service, fraud operations, process design, quality, training, and program management. We drive efficiency, resolve issues quickly, and scale operations as the business grows. Our goal is to deliver seamless support while maintaining high standards and reducing risk.
Pay Grade - D
Equity Grade - 1
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).
CAN base pay range per year: $55,000 - $75,000
Location - Remote Canada
This remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.
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