Remote Happiness Engineer Customer Support & Success
At Automattic, our Happiness Engineers are the creators and protectors of the customer experience. We take this seriously โ every Automattic employee, regardless of role, spends their first two weeks in support and does a one-week rotation annually.\n\nHappiness Engineers introduce our customers to the possibilities of the open web. We teach, instruct, and solve technical problems so that our customers can achieve their publishing and commerce goals. We also advocate for our customers internally, to help build better tools and products to serve their ever-changing needs. \n\nYou can read more about Automatticโs company values here.\n\nAbout the Job\n\nAs a Happiness Engineer (โHEโ), you'll spend around six self-scheduled hours per day helping customers via email and live chat, with constant peer support through Slack. We're fully remote but communicate heavily โ expect continuous interaction with both customers and teammates. HEs typically work 1-2 weekend days per month (with equivalent flex days off during the week). This is a snapshot of what the work looks like today, but customer service needs and norms are constantly evolving, and our daily work evolves with it, so your week might look quite different six months from now. \n\nBeyond customer support, you'll help elevate our entire customer experience by identifying problems before they arise, finding efficiency improvements, and piloting new services like onboarding calls. We want people who thrive on change and jump at new initiatives, plus those who love mentoring peers and making everyone around them better.\n\nOur ideal hire has built a career in customer service and is genuinely motivated by having meaningful, substantive conversations with customers every single day. Weโre looking for ambitious, motivated people who want to create a world-class experience every time our customers use our products.\n\nCareer Growth as a Happiness Engineer\n\nWe view support as a long-term career, not a stepping stone. Some of our most valued HEs have been here for a decade or more. We also strongly believe in growing and challenging our employees, and we promote internally for leadership (including senior leadership). In addition to leadership, Happiness work spans a broad range of functions, and new teams and roles are being introduced on a regular basis. In this role, youโll have many opportunities to build new skillsets and to work on new initiatives with product, marketing, talent, data, and more. Our Happiness Engineers have transitioned to roles in every possible capacity, both within Happiness and all across Automattic.\n\nWhat Weโre Looking For\n\nWordPress and/or WooCommerce experience - While you donโt need to have a background in professional WordPress support, you do need hands-on experience beyond just building a couple of personal sites. Be specific about your background in your application.\n\nCustomer support experience - You've worked in technical support, \n\n#Location\nRemote