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Product Support Specialist

Uptick

Uptick

Product, Customer Service
South Africa · Durban, South Africa · United Kingdom
Posted on Mar 25, 2026

We’re looking for a thoughtful and empathetic people person to join our Support team, supporting our global clients. You’ll be working on the frontline as part of a fast-growing team.

Our office is located in Durban, starting full-time in the office. The tentative working hours are 3:30pm-12am SAST to accommodate supporting our US clients.

To qualify for this role, you are:

  • Experience setting expectations and communicating with clients over phone, email & chat

  • A passion for creating value for customers and helping them get the most out of our product.

  • Care deeply, genuinely, and passionately about Product Support and about the role it plays in making a customer-focused team successful

  • Not be afraid of technology and have a desire to get stuck in and understand Uptick as a product & how deeply it is embedded in our customers’ workflows (we'll provide the training)

  • Reliable transport to and from the office

To succeed in this role, a candidate must be able to:

  • Provide thoughtful, personalised support to Uptick users through in-product messaging and phone channels.

  • Exhibit strong communication skills, including: modifying your approach to different types of customers and situations, as well as setting or adjusting customer expectations.

  • Exhibit exceptional critical thinking and problem solving - be curious, explore and offer Uptick solutions to clients that will best-suit their needs

  • Triage incoming requests and spot trends in customer issues to flag to the wider team.

  • Identify, reduce, and document bugs for our developer teams.

  • Contribute to the ongoing learning and success of the team, and the company, by sharing knowledge through mentorship, collaboration, and aiding in documentation.

  • Fast learner - can listen, follow instructions and asks questions

  • Ask for help. You know when something is over your head and are not afraid to seek assistance. You are skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly.