Software Engineer, Backend

3 Months ago • 3 Years + • $140,000 PA - $265,000 PA

Backend Development

Job Description

Glean is seeking Backend/Infrastructure engineers to develop a highly performant, scalable, secure, and permissions-aware system for knowledge management. The role involves building modern cloud-native applications, focusing on challenges like distributed systems, unified application frameworks, data modeling, end-to-end security, instant user experiences, cost implications, and robust monitoring and deployment. Responsibilities include owning infrastructure problems from inception to launch, writing design documents and code, collaborating with the team to prioritize projects, and mentoring junior engineers.

Good To Have:

Familiarity with cloud-native development in GCP/AWS/Azure

Must Have:

3+ years of experience
BA/BS in computer science or related degree
Experience with distributed systems or cloud-native applications
Strong coding skills (Go/Python/Java/C++)
Designing for reliability and scale
Writing well-tested components
Customer-focused, tight-knit, cross-functional environment
Proactive and positive attitude
Team player

Perks:

Home office improvement stipend
Annual education stipend
Annual wellness stipend
Competitive compensation
Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage
Generous time-off policy
401k plan contribution support
Healthy lunches daily
Regular company events

Add these skills to join the top 1% applicants for this job

ms-office

saas-business-models

cross-functional

team-player

cpp

aws

azure

microsoft-teams

slack

python

java

About Glean:

Founded in 2019, Glean is an innovative AI-powered knowledge management platform designed to help organizations quickly find, organize, and share information across their teams. By integrating seamlessly with tools like Google Drive, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, Glean ensures employees can access the right knowledge at the right time, boosting productivity and collaboration. The company’s cutting-edge AI technology simplifies knowledge discovery, making it faster and more efficient for teams to leverage their collective intelligence.

Glean was born from Founder & CEO Arvind Jain’s deep understanding of the challenges employees face in finding and understanding information at work. Seeing firsthand how fragmented knowledge and sprawling SaaS tools made it difficult to stay productive, he set out to build a better way - an AI-powered enterprise search platform that helps people quickly and intuitively access the information they need. Since then, Glean has evolved into the leading Work AI platform, combining enterprise-grade search, an AI assistant, and powerful application- and agent-building capabilities to fundamentally redefine how employees work.

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. The role provides ample opportunities to work on various aspects of building a modern cloud-native application stack using the latest best practices - examples of some technical challenges you can work on are building a scalable, reliable distributed system and underlying storage, a unified application framework and data model that makes it easy to index diverse sources of information, end-to-end aspects of security - application layer, platform layer as well as IT security, laser focus on making the experience feel instant, while at the same time balancing the system cost implications, and tooling for comprehensive monitoring and deployment of the system in multiple cloud environments.

You will:

Own impactful infrastructure problems from inception and architecture to production launch
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 are:

3+ years of experience
BA/BS in computer science, or related degree
Experience working on infrastructure for distributed systems or cloud-native applications

Key knowledge and skills

Thrive in a customer-focused, tight-nit and cross-functional environment - being a team player and willing to take on whatever is most impactful for the company is a must
A proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features
Strong coding skills (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

Location:

This role is hybrid (3 days a week in either San Francisco or Palo Alto)

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.

We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.

Set alerts for more jobs like Software Engineer, Backend

Set alerts for new jobs by Glean

Set alerts for new Backend Development jobs in United States

Set alerts for new jobs in United States

Set alerts for Backend Development (Remote) jobs