
Tamara
Technical Support Specialist ā SMB
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 0 - 2 yrs
Job expiry date: 01/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
17/09/2025
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Salary only
Experience
0 - 2 yrs
Seniority
Entry level
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
01/11/2025
Job description
Tamara, Saudi Arabiaās first fintech unicorn and a leading financial super-app in the GCC, is seeking a Technical Support Specialist to manage and support small and medium business (SMB) merchants. The role focuses on re-engaging live merchants who are not actively transacting, identifying and solving technical or operational challenges, guiding them through integration steps, and ensuring successful onboarding. Acting as a technical and operational consultant, the specialist will collaborate across product, engineering, and support teams to deliver practical solutions, resolve issues, and improve merchant experience.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Own and manage a portfolio of SME merchants who are live but not transacting.
- Proactively reach out to merchants via phone, email, or chat to understand their experience, challenges, and needs.
- Identify technical or operational blockers preventing the merchant from going live or doing business.
- Troubleshoot integration or usage issues, and provide hands-on guidance or escalate to internal teams where needed.
- Assist merchants with integration APIs and systems, including answering questions, validating implementation, and testing functionality.
- Serve as a technical and operational consultant, understanding merchant workflows and offering practical solutions.
- Maintain clear and accurate records of merchant interactions and issue resolutions using tools like JIRA, Salesforce, Zendesk, or Notion.
- Collaborate with internal product, engineering, and support teams to solve merchant pain points.
- Track patterns in merchant feedback to identify systemic issues or improvement opportunities.
- Ensure a smooth re-onboarding or reactivation experience, aiming for swift and successful merchant ramp-up.
- Deliver customer service to ensure merchants feel supported and valued throughout the process.
Experience & skills
- 1ā2 years of experience in Customer Support, Technical Support, Merchant Success, or Account Management.
- Experience working with or supporting payments, fintech, or e-commerce systems is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, and basic understanding of API architecture.
- Strong understanding of web, mobile apps, internet protocols, and technical troubleshooting.
- Experience using tools like Zendesk, Salesforce, JIRA, ServiceNow, or similar ticketing and CRM systems.
- Ability to analyze trends, flag issues proactively, and follow through on resolutions.
- Ability to manage multiple merchants and priorities at once with speed and accuracy.
- Strong communication skills in both Arabic and English, for technical and non-technical audiences.