Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

About the Role

Glean is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Platform Infrastructure team. This team is in the Platform org and focuses on customer setup and deployment, especially in complex cloud, hosting, and security environments. You will help build the systems that bootstrap cloud accounts and projects, wire authentication, and turn deployment workflows into reliable, repeatable productized experiences for customers.

This is a strong fit for an engineer who enjoys cloud infrastructure, networking, infrastructure as code, and solving real-world deployment problems with clean software abstractions.

You will

• Build and improve systems that automate customer setup and deployment across cloud environments.
• Develop deployment workflows and infrastructure as code templates that mirror customer environments and reduce manual setup work.
• Improve support for complex deployment scenarios including BYO-VPC, customer-managed keys, airgapped environments, and custom-region deployments.
• Work on cloud account and project bootstrapping, authentication wiring, proxy and private networking, and deployment orchestration.
• Partner closely with Platform, Security, Product, and customer-facing teams to make deployments faster, safer, and easier to operate.
• Raise the quality, reliability, and coverage of our AWS and GCP deployment tooling over time.

About you

• You have 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in platform, infrastructure, or cloud-focused roles.
• You have solid backend engineering fundamentals and the ability to work across infrastructure-heavy systems.
• You have hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure in AWS, GCP.
• You have experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tools.
• You have strong networking fundamentals, including areas such as VPCs, subnets, routing, proxies, and private connectivity.
• You have built or improved deployment automation, onboarding workflows, internal cloud platforms, or customer-environment setup systems.
• You can balance engineering rigor with pragmatism and are excited to turn complex setup problems into repeatable productized systems.
• You communicate clearly, collaborate well across functions, and are comfortable taking ownership in an evolving environment.

Location

• This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our San Francisco office)

Compensation & Benefits

• The standard base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $270,000 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.