Software Engineer, AI & Security

About the Role

Glean is looking for driven engineers to solve cutting edge problems in data and AI security and governance. In a rapidly growing startup, this entails empathizing with customer needs, understanding the problems and research in the domain to come up with novel solutions to challenging problems. Engineers are expected to develop ideas with product managers and designers to best balance engineering constraints with requirements, delivering intuitive experiences that enterprises can rely on to keep their users safe.

You will

• Oversee the entirety of your greenfield features from inception to implementation, experimentation, launch and beyond
• Provide leadership and mentor more junior engineers
• Work with designers, product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to understand our problem space and create elegant solutions
• Architect data pipelines, AI models, and REST APIs that are backed by stable, scalable server side implementations and maximize product flexibility for rapidly meeting evolving domain requirements
• Write robust code that's efficient, easy to read, maintain and test

About you

• 5+ years of experience in product engineering
• Experience developing enterprise security products
• Experience in using AI/ML in the product
• BA/BS in computer science, or related degree
• Experience building and shipping scalable features across the frontend and backend
• Thrive in a customer-focused, tight-knit and cross-functional environment
• A proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features
• A user-centric and empathetic mentality for product development
• Love authoring easy-to-hold and future-proof REST APIs, OpenAPI is a plus
• Experience building distributed CRUD level functionality, ideally both SQL and NoSQL
• Comfortable with or desire to master Golang, Java and TypeScript
• Comfortable with effective use of AI tools for development

Location

• This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Mountain View office)

Compensation & Benefits

• The standard base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $265,000 annually.
• Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage, generous time-off policy, and the opportunity to contribute to your 401k plan to support your long-term goals. When you join, you'll receive a home office improvement stipend, as well as an annual education and wellness stipends to support your growth and wellbeing. We foster a vibrant company culture through regular events, and provide healthy lunches daily to keep you fueled and focused.

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AI-First Mindset at Glean

At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and we're committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about, design, and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today - prior Glean experience isn't required.