Software Engineer, Backend

About Glean

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. It started as the industry's most advanced enterprise search but has since evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform.

With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles. At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge.

About The Role

Glean is looking for Backend/Infrastructure engineers to build a highly performant, scalable, secure, permissions-aware system that makes all the relevant enterprise knowledge readily available to employees in all contexts of their work.

• Write well thought out design documents and robust, high-quality and well-tested code
• Work collaboratively with a strong team to identify the most impactful projects we should be prioritizing in our roadmap
• Mentor more junior engineers or learn from battle tested ones

You Will Own impactful infrastructure problems from inception and architecture to production launch

Requirements

3+ years of experience
Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Experience working on infrastructure for distributed systems or cloud-native applications
Able to thrive in a customer-focused, tight-knit and cross-functional environment - being a team player and willing to take on whatever is most impactful for the company is a must
Proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features
Adept at coding (for example in Go/Python/Java/C++ etc) with an emphasis on designing for reliability and scale, and writing well-tested components
Familiarity with cloud native development practices in GCP/AWS/Azure is a plus

Benefits

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

• Standard base salary range: $140,000 - $265,000 annually
• 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

Pay

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.

Schedule

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