tawk.to operates a freemium live-chat platform built on Node.js, MongoDB, and GCP infrastructure, with heavy real-time and event-driven architecture (Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Elasticsearch, Redis). The stack reveals an organization prioritizing low-latency messaging at scale; active projects around real-time metrics systems and concurrent apps confirm this focus. Hiring is engineering-led (5 of 10 open roles) with senior-heavy seniority mix and a Head of Engineering role posted, suggesting infrastructure and performance challenges are organizational priorities.
Tech Stack 42 technologies
Core StackNode.js MongoDB Cursor Docker After Effects Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere Pro Figma Zendesk Freshdesk Intercom Swift Cassandra Elasticsearch Redis TypeScript Puppet GCP Cloud Run Pub/Sub Google Cloud Functions IAM Photoshop Objective-C Core Data Core Animation UIKit Cocoa Touch Memcached Chef+11 more
AdoptingKubernetes
What tawk.to Is Building
◆Challenges
- Meeting response time kpis
- Improving customer satisfaction scores
- Providing free access to business communication tool
- Scaling real-time metrics
- Low-latency concurrent apps
- Increasing awareness and adoption
- Customer onboarding and support challenges
▲Active Projects
- Automation tooling backend services
- Live messaging backend services
- Full feature business communication tool
- Real-time metrics system
- Event-driven low-latency concurrent apps
- Brand ambassador events
- Local market messaging
- Customer onboarding and feature adoption
- High-end educational walkthrough videos
- Ai-generated voice-over explainer videos
Hiring Activity
10 roles · 4 in 30d
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Head of Engineering
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