Kustomer

Software Engineer, SRE (Senior/Staff levels)

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Data & AnalyticsIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Salary: Not provided

Kustomer is the industry-leading conversational CRM platform. Built with intelligent tools such as AI and Automation, no-code configuration, and a connected data platform, Kustomer empowers businesses to operate with greater efficiency and deliver more personalized service to customers across any channel. Kustomer is the core platform for leading brands like Abercrombie, Nuts.com, Skims, Turo, Priceline, and Sweetgreen. Kustomer was founded in 2015 and has raised over $200M in funding. Meta announced its intention to acquire Kustomer in 2020 and completed the transaction in 2022. Kustomer joined Meta’s Business Messaging Group to transform the way people and businesses communicate. In 2023, Kustomer spun out from Meta as a standalone company backed by Battery, Redpoint, and Boldstart Ventures.

About the Role

As a Site Reliability Engineer at Kustomer, you will be building systems and abstractions that will be used by teams across the company. You will join a team of experienced engineers and have ample opportunities to continue learning and growing. This role sits on our Foundation team, with responsibilities including maintaining cloud infrastructure security, capacity planning, staying ahead of software lifecycles, optimizing CI/CD processes, developer productivity, and managing on-call best practices.

What You’ll Do

  • Analyze, design, develop, maintain, and improve infrastructure to expand its automation capabilities.
  • Automate the deployment of testing, staging, and production environments.
  • Improve the efficiency of development testing.
  • Measure, report, and drive improvements on scalability, performance, and availability.
  • Support the cloud developer environments.

Requirements

  • Not provided

Responsibilities

  • Building and maintaining infrastructure automation.
  • Improving system scalability, performance, and availability.
  • Supporting developer environments.
  • Contributing to CI/CD process optimization.
  • Maintaining cloud infrastructure security and capacity planning.

Company Information

  • Founded: 2015
  • Funding: Over $200M
  • Acquired by: Meta (2022)
  • Current Status: Standalone company backed by Battery, Redpoint, and Boldstart Ventures
  • Location: Strong NYC presence and remote-friendly (US and UK)
  • Events: KKO and Kamp Kustomer (annual)

Skills

Infrastructure Automation
Cloud Infrastructure
CI/CD
Capacity Planning
Scalability
Performance
Availability
DevOps
System Design
Deployment
Automation
Monitoring

Kustomer

Customer service platform for businesses

About Kustomer

Kustomer provides a customer service platform that helps businesses improve their customer interactions across various channels such as phone, email, chat, text, social media, and messaging. The platform allows for fast and personalized service by giving agents complete visibility into customer information, enabling seamless conversations. Kustomer incorporates intelligent automation and offers no-code customization, allowing businesses to quickly adapt to changes and maintain high service levels. Unlike many competitors, Kustomer focuses on serving growing brands that want to build strong customer relationships to enhance business outcomes. The company's goal is to improve customer satisfaction and operational efficiency through its subscription-based SaaS offerings.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$227.1MTotal Funding
GROWTH_EQUITY_VCCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Holistic wellness, including physical and mental health services
Paid leave for new parents
Support for family planning, including adoption and surrogacy assistance, and baby cash to help with newborn expenses
Flexible spending account for dependent care so you can pay care expenses for a child or parent with pre-tax money
Personalized assistance navigating all of the information, resources, and programs available to support your family care needs
Competitive retirement plan
Life insurance and survivor support
Equity awards
Complimentary access to TurboTax
On-site or video tax consultations to answer your questions
Legal support through Hyatt Legal for you and/or your parents if you need it
Join a Life@ Club—or create your own. A unique program that supports you in building meaningful connections at Facebook
Join a Facebook Resource Group and be a catalyst for ensuring a fully inclusive and open environment that provides opportunities for everyone to contribute to Facebook’s success
Generous paid time off
A 30-day paid break every five years
Leave programs so that you can take the time you need to care for yourself or your family when you need it

Risks

Integration challenges with WhatsApp could disrupt services if not managed well.
AI tools may face regulatory scrutiny in regions with strict AI regulations.
Reliance on AI could lead to dissatisfaction if complex queries aren't handled effectively.

Differentiation

Kustomer offers a unified timeline view for seamless omnichannel customer service.
The platform provides no-code customization, allowing quick adaptation to business changes.
Kustomer integrates AI tools like KIQ Customer Assist to enhance service efficiency by 45%.

Upsides

Integration with WhatsApp expands Kustomer's reach to over 2 billion users.
Recent $60M funding boosts Kustomer's resources for product and market expansion.
CRM Powered Proactive Messaging improves customer engagement and satisfaction.

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