Technical Support Specialist

About This Role

Strava is the leading digital community for active people with more than 135 million athletes, in more than 190 countries. The platform offers a holistic view of your active lifestyle, no matter where you live, which sport you love and/or what device you use. Everyone belongs on Strava when they are pursuing an active life.

Strava's Community Management team is looking for a dedicated individual to join us in our mission to provide exemplary support to our global community of athletes. We are currently building out our Dublin team as part of our follow the sun strategy, and we are excited for you to join and contribute to our success. As a Technical Support Representative at Strava, you will provide support for our entire product, including both web and mobile products and the various integrations and devices that feed the core user experience.

This role is based in our Dublin, Ireland office with a hybrid in-office work requirement of at least 3 days per week. This will be a Sunday-Thursday schedule. 

For more information on compensation and benefits, please click here.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Respond to member inquiries by providing general assistance with site functionality, troubleshooting Strava applications, and resolving GPS data and activity analysis issues.
• Produce a consistent number of high-quality responses to our community members on a daily basis.
• Troubleshoot site issues, create bug reports, track updates, and communicate results to the team.
• Stay on top of product changes, bugs, and updates in order to relay the most accurate information to our members.
• Assist with creation and maintenance of knowledge base articles, standard responses, and other customer-facing updates.
• Communicate trends based on user feedback and feature requests.
• Collaborate with external departments as necessary to troubleshoot issues and represent support related needs and improvements.
• Help maintain our internal knowledge management system by creating new resources for emerging trends or flagging and updating outdated information.
• Lead other projects and duties as assigned.

You will be successful here by:

• Demonstrating excellent follow through, judgment, and common sense. You have a “make it happen” approach to work and maintain a growth mindset.
• Finding opportunities for efficiency gains and taking initiative to propose then implement impactful solutions.
• Passionately searching for solutions and advocating for the needs of our users.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality regarding employee, user, and company information.
• Staying on task and following outlined processes.

We’re excited about you because you:

• Have 3+ years of experience in a technical support role.
• Are on Strava and have a proven familiarity of the platform.
• Enjoy the challenge of helping our members and are capable of providing amazing customer support for an online audience that is growing exponentially.
• Have exceptional reading comprehension as well as written and oral skills. Strong typing skills are a must.
• Are adaptable, self-motivated, and have great time management skills.
• Have a strong passion for cycling, running, triathlon or another endurance sport and connect personally with Strava’s mission to build the most engaged community of athletes in the world.
• Have previous experience with Zendesk, JIRA, BBEdit (or other text editors), and GPS file formats.
• Are experienced with Garmin, Polar, Fitbit, or other GPS and fitness devices and applications
• Demonstrate well-rounded technical proficiency with browsers, mobile and web platforms, and text editors.
• Are successful in cross-functional collaborations and initiatives.
• Speak a foreign language. Preference given to Brazilian Portuguese, French, Spanish, and German speakers.

In your cover letter, please include responses to the following questions:

• What excites you about working for the Strava Community Management team?
• Which fitness devices and platforms are you familiar with?

About Strava

Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes who we are and what we do. We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to connect athletes to what motivates them and help them find their personal best. With billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and adventurous vision: to be the record of the world’s athletic activities and the technology that makes every effort count.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage diverse teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Despite challenges in the world around us, we are continuing to grow camaraderie and positivity within our culture, and we are unified in our commitment to becoming an antiracist company. We are differentiated by our truly people-first approach, our compassionate leadership, and our belief that we can bring joy and inspiration to athletes’ lives — now more than ever. All to say, it’s a great time to join Strava!

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.