Principal Engineer, Intercom
Plus equity
2+ days a week in office
The modern customer communications platform
Job no longer available
The modern customer communications platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Plus equity
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Intercom's mission is to make internet business personal.
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Company mission
Intercom's mission is to make internet business personal.
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
41% female employees
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
If you've ever seen a chat pop up on a business' website, it was probably provided by Intercom. Though ubiquitous now, it used to be a major challenge for companies to communicate swiftly with their customers. Intercom's Messenger allows a company to instantly reach out with human or automated support, improving customer service and greatly increasing conversion rates for sales.
While the Messenger is its most visible product, Intercom provides a service similar to Salesforce, as an advanced customer relationship management system. However, Intercom doesn't see Salesforce as a major rival, as Intercom specialises in the online market while Salesforce is more suited for traditional retail. Intercom is used by more than 25,000 businesses including Amazon, Meta and Atlassian, and reaches an estimated 600 million end users monthly.
Intercom has primarily served the US and Irish markets but has been expanding its presence globally in recent years. Despite having a commanding market position, it is continuing to develop its product, most recently delivering a major functionality upgrade to its Messenger software, greatly increasing its ability to carry out ticketed support requests.
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Benefits
- We serve lunch every weekday, plus a variety of snack foods and a fully stocked kitchen
- Generous public transport allowance for commuting
- Wellness programme that allows you to expense gym and other sports activities up to £90 quarterly
- Paid maternity leave, as well as 6 weeks paternity leave for fathers, to let you spend valuable time with your loved ones
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Peace of mind with life assurance, as well as comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents
- Regular compensation reviews - we reward great work
- Open vacation policy and flexible holidays so you can take time off when you need
- MacBooks are our standard, but we’re happy to get you whatever equipment helps you get your job done
Company values
- We're optimistic & positive
- We obsess about our customers' success
- We're confident, yet humble
- We think big and start small
- We go further together
- Make every day count
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2018
$125m
SERIES D
Apr 2016
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $240.8m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Eoghan McCabe
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously CEO of Contrast and Exceptional. Is also the Chairman of Intercom.
Des Traynor
(Co-founder & CSO)Previously worked in software development and is an expert in User Experience (has lectured on the topic and was UX Lead at Contrast)
Ciaran Lee
(Co-founder)Previously Lead Engineer at RateMyArea.com and CTO of Exceptional. Was Intercom's CTO until 2021.
People progressing
Joined as a Manager in Product Analytics. Made it to VP of Research & Data Science after 6 years and 3 promotions