At Swiggy, real-time insights and proactive problem-solving are enabled by Klaxon, an in-house business monitoring and alerting system with over 300+ live alerts.
Klaxon plays a crucial role at Swiggy, sending out more than 1.5 million alerts daily to keep teams informed of important metrics and potential issues in real-time.
The Klaxon alerting platform is designed to monitor real-time events, customer orders, operational changes, and vendor partner serviceability at Swiggy.
Key technologies used in Klaxon include Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Databricks, Snowflake, Hive, AWS SES, Slack SDK, and SMS APIs.
Klaxon features multi-channel alert delivery, flexible alert types, end-to-end testing capabilities, improved visibility, performance tracking, and engagement insights.
Technical improvements in Klaxon include simplified operations, enhanced UI efficiency, and lowered on-call dependencies, leading to cost optimization.
Klaxon's usage and impact have been widespread at Swiggy, improving on-ground execution for Delivery Executives, enhancing speed and reliability for Operations Teams, and enabling proactive responses for Customer Support.
Moving forward, Klaxon aims to enhance usability, performance, and value by simplifying backend architecture, introducing lightweight mechanisms to measure alert impact, and optimizing alert relevance.
The article highlights how Klaxon's intelligent alerting system at Swiggy is creating tangible impact across teams, roles, and customer touchpoints, leading to smarter decisions and operational improvements.
Acknowledgements are given to the Klaxon team and key supporters for their contributions to making Klaxon a reality for real-time business monitoring at Swiggy.