Serve as a first point of contact for customers, resolving queries and payment or account issues across support channels while verifying documents and helping keep the site accessible.
Junior Customer Support Agent (Technical Ops)
📜 Description
- Learn the platform in depth and support customers and partners with their daily operations.
- Respond to customer queries by phone, email, and live chat.
- Understand client workflows to investigate and resolve complex issues.
- Help manage escalations and high-priority issues with senior team members.
- Coordinate with internal teams to deliver timely solutions and proactively address customer concerns.
- Conduct KYC screening of registered partner entities in the system.
🛠️ Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Maritime/Shipping Operations/Computer Science or related field
- People-first mindset, team spirit and knowledge sharing
- Strong analytical skills and goal-oriented mindset with attention to detail
- Good IT skills and the ability to learn new software tools quickly
- High levels of emotional intelligence and empathy
- Eagerness to learn and grow
- Strong motivation and positive attitude
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team and ability to multitask under pressing deadlines
- Strong communication skills and the ability to follow customer narratives to understand their point of view and find appropriate solutions
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office
✨ Benefits
- Attractive compensation package based on experience and skillset
- 30 days of paid annual leave
- Comprehensive private health insurance coverage for your entire family
- Hybrid way of work
- Life Coach and Kick-Boxing Sessions
- Low-price, high quality lunch in the office
- Fitness Center discount close to the office
- Cool start-up environment
Full job description
ABOUT HARBORLAB
Founded in 2020 in Greece, HarborLab is a fast-growing B2B maritime tech company on a mission to simplify and optimize port cost management. Our end-to-end, AI-powered SaaS platform transforms how Shipowners and Shipmanagers handle Disbursement Accounts (DAs), bringing automation, real-time data, control and transparency to one of the most complex and costly parts of global shipping.
But we don’t stop there. HarborLab also powers a thriving Marketplace, connecting Principals with a global network of vetted Port Agents and Vendors.
At HarborLab, people come first. Our culture is anchored in ambition, trustworthiness, genuine care, and agility—values we bring to every interaction with our customers and our team. We're proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Workplace (2021, 2022, 2023) and certified as a Great Place to Work (2024, 2025, 2026).
If you're looking to make a global impact, grow alongside passionate peers, and shape the future of maritime innovation—we’d love to meet you.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Junior Customer Support Agent, you will provide 1st level technical support to our customers for using our platform and collaborate with internal resources to troubleshoot and implement appropriate solutions. Candidates must be willing to work mainly in night shifts.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Become a HarborLab product expert
- Be the first point of contact of customers/partners using the platform for their daily operations and address their queries via all our communication channels (telephone, email, live chat)
- Develop deep understanding of key clients’ workflows that aid in resolving highly sophisticated issues
- Support the handling of escalations and high-priority issues, working closely with senior team members to provide the best possible resolution
- Collaborate across different functional teams that deliver appropriate and prompt solutions to clients and address customers’ concerns proactively and efficiently
- Implement KYC screening on several registered partner’s entities within the system reassuring compliance in the involved transactional parties
- Be able to work night shifts to effectively address Customer’s inquiries and provide relevant solutions in a prompt and efficient manner
Requirements
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE
- 0-2 years of prior experience in Partners Support/Customer Support in a SaaS company
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Maritime/Shipping Operations/Computer Science or related field
- People-first mindset, team spirit and knowledge sharing
- Strong analytical skills and goal-oriented mindset with attention to detail
- Good IT skills and the ability to learn new software tools quickly
- High levels of emotional intelligence and empathy
- Eagerness to learn and grow
- Strong motivation and positive attitude
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team and ability to multitask under pressing deadlines
- Strong communication skills and the ability to follow customer narratives to understand their point of view and find appropriate solutions
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office
- Ability to communicate confidently and clearly in English, both verbally and in written
- Fulfilled military obligations (where applicable)
Benefits
WHAT WE OFFER
- Attractive compensation package based on experience and skillset
- 30 days of paid annual leave
- Comprehensive private health insurance coverage for your entire family
- Hybrid way of work
- Life Coach and Kick-Boxing Sessions
- Low-price, high quality lunch in the office
- Fitness Center discount close to the office
- Cool start-up environment
Equal Opportunity Statement
HarborLab is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Data Protection (GDPR)
HarborLab collects and processes personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The information provided as part of your job application will be used solely for recruitment purposes. Your data may be retained in our talent database for future opportunities. You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting people@harborlab.com.
Right to Work
By applying for this position, you confirm that you have the legal right to work in the European Union.
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