Platform Security Engineer, Grammarly
$214-310k
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$214-310k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- Has 6+ years of experience securing cloud infrastructure at scale in AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Proven experience automating secure infrastructure using Terraform (or similar IaC tooling)
- Experience with CI/CD infrastructure, containerization (Docker, K8s), and an understanding of the associated risks
- Understanding of zero-trust and IAM principles for both human and non-human identities
- Familiarity with software engineering or scripting in languages like Python, Java, or Go
- The ability to think like an adversary to identify risk, and then build like an engineer to mitigate those risks
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Security Engineer to join our Platform Security team. Our commitment to user trust is unwavering, and this new team member will play a crucial role in maintaining the trust of millions of users who rely on our products. With their expertise, we can implement security enhancements throughout the back-end and underlying infrastructure to address potential threats
- Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. You can hear more from our team on our technical blog
- Develop and implement security processes to identify, evaluate, and mitigate security risks in our cloud infrastructure
- Partner with Cloud Infra, Data, and Product Engineering teams to define and drive secure-by-default environments supporting product needs
- Experiment with and develop AI-based tools to enable the Security team to move even faster
- Define and monitor impactful metrics to guide the platform security program forward
- Educate and mentor team members and developers on security best practices
- Collaborate and build trust with different stakeholders to advise them on matters of security
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Head of Revenue & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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