Security Engineer, Grammarly
Corporate Security
$250-380k
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AI-powered writing assistant
Job no longer available
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$250-380k
Salary dependent on location
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- If you love working on both security and operations, we are excited to have you join our dynamic team!
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
- Is able to collaborate in person 2 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub where the team is based
- Is excited to build security controls to safeguard our systems and services
- Has working experience in Security Assurance: Penetration Testing, Code Review, Threat Modeling
- Is familiar with programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go for automation purposes
- Has a strong understanding of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations
- Is knowledgeable about the best practices and technologies of cloud security
- Has excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks
- Has strong communication skills and can explain complex security issues in understandable terms
- Nurtures the talent in the team and raises the technical talent bar when recruiting for their team
What the job involves
- The Enterprise Security team’s mission is to defend Grammarly’s corporate assets from all threats through risk reduction
- Enterprise Security reduces risk to Grammarly by advising, supporting, building, operating, and assuring multiple critical preventive and reactive security controls in tight collaboration with teams and stakeholders across the company
- 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
- As a Security Engineer on the enterprise security team, you will be entrusted with the crucial responsibility of safeguarding Grammarly's corporate environment, where our amazing employees work their magic every day
- From our versatile laptop fleet (Mac and Windows) to our innovative SaaS apps and other Corporate Infrastructure, you will play a vital role in ensuring our success and keeping our valuable assets secure
- With a confident and thoughtful approach, you'll build and implement solutions that raise the security bar for our corporate infrastructure
- Contribute to designing and developing engineering solutions that support enterprise-wide security initiatives, such as Zero Trust
- Collaborate with our Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) team to help develop enterprise security standards, guidelines, and policies
- Design, build, maintain, tune, and enhance the effectiveness of our Enterprise Security controls in a wide range of security domains, including:
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
- Email Security
- Ransomware Resilience
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)/Insider Risk
- Conditional Access
- Vendor/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Security
- Device Posture and Attestation, Shadow IT
- Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Perform risk assessments and security assurance (threat modeling, code review as necessary) on a range of systems that support Grammarly’s business operations:
- Operating Systems and commercial/open-source desktop applications
- Internally developed Enterprise Infrastructure Services
- Third-Party Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions
- Network Infrastructure (ZTNA, CASB, VPN)
- Drive the remediation of security vulnerabilities identified through assessments
- Build security automation to secure our corporate infrastructure
- Evaluate cutting-edge Enterprise Security technology designed to increase our security posture
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, including 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 position 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.
Steph
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
(Co-Founder & 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
(Co-Founder & 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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