Product Support Specialist, German Speaking (London, United Kingdom)

Figma; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A design collaboration platform in London is seeking a Customer Support Specialist fluent in German. This full-time role involves engaging with customers via email, resolving inquiries, and shaping product support functions. Ideal candidates should have 2+ years in customer support, be adaptable, and possess strong communication skills. Additional experience with design tools and Zendesk is beneficial.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in a customer support role, ideally in SaaS.
• Consultative communication skills with audience-tailored messages.
• Demonstrated empathetic problem solving by helping others.

Responsibilities

• Interact with Figma customers daily via email.
• Help shape the future of our Product Support function.
• Act as point of contact for high-risk escalations.

Skills

Fluency in German

Customer support experience

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Adaptability

Tools

Zendesk

Figma

Sketch

Adobe

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

You’ll be the voice of Figma as you help to create seamless experiences for our customers every day. Engaging with our customers requires critical thinking, an investigative mindset and impeccable communication skills. We’re looking for a team player who is technically inclined, has a passion for quality and creating great customer experiences, and is comfortable collaborating in a fast-paced startup environment. This role requires full fluency in German, written and spoken.

This is a full time role that can be held from our London hub.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Interact with Figma customers daily via email, taking ownership over cases from start to resolution
• Develop expertise of Figma's products and the journey of our customers to accurately diagnose and solve sophisticated inquiries
• Help shape the future of our Product Support function, ensuring we are focused on crafting premium experiences for our customers, creating a wide and dedicated customer base with our Figma products and brand
• Operate as the voice of the customer, capturing both product and process gaps in the experience
• Act as designated point of contact for high-risk escalations and issues, proactively engaging the appropriate partners, and owning communication through to solution

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 2+ years’ experience working in a customer support role, ideally in a SaaS environment
• Demonstrated resilience and adaptability in the work environment – you're motivated by experimenting, building, working inside and outside of the team, and are confident through times of change and ambiguity
• Consultative communication skills with the ability to tailor a message for your audience. You can translate complex concepts into concise explanations and summarize customer issues to technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated empathetic problem solving by going above and beyond to help people
• A bias for action to drive for results – if you see something that can be done differently, you say something, and you advocate on behalf of the customer

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience with a design tool such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe
• Experience with Zendesk

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to [e-mail]. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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