Software Engineer, Glean
Platform Security
$153-238k
AI-based search engine connecting enterprise data
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AI-based search engine connecting enterprise data
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$153-238k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To expand human potential to do extraordinary work.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS in computer science, or related degree, MS a strong plus
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on security aspects
- Proven experience in designing and implementing secure authentication and authorization systems
- In-depth understanding of secure coding principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
- Experience with secure communication protocols (e.g., TLS/SSL)
- Familiarity with security testing tools and methodologies (e.g., static code analysis, penetration testing)
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
- Passion for security and a commitment to building secure and reliable systems
- 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
- An interest/desire to learn and own various aspects of security
- 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
- Experience with cloud security principles and tools (AWS Security, GCP Security)
- Experience with container security (Docker Security, Kubernetes Security)
What the job involves
- Glean is seeking a talented security-focused software engineer to join our growing team
- In this role, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining the security foundation of our platform
- You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and testing security features across various software components
- Design, develop, and maintain secure software for core platform functionalities, particularly focusing on:
- Authentication and authorization systems
- Secure communication channels between services (e.g., API security)
- Secure data storage and access controls
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product) to integrate security best practices throughout the development lifecycle
- Stay up-to-date on the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies
- Conduct security code reviews and identify potential security risks in existing codebases
- Develop and implement automated security testing procedures
- Respond to security incidents and participate in incident response procedures
- Continuously improve the platform's security posture by identifying and implementing security enhancements
- Document security processes, procedures, and best practices
Our take
Glean is an intuitive digital assistant which allows employees to search across all their apps and find the information and tools that they need more quickly.
With so many SaaS apps being used by modern day companies, overwhelm and inefficiency inevitably enter the equation. Glean’s search engine is proving popular for how it unifies and centralizes all these distributed tools and data.
It’s been quite a start to life at Glean, having emerged from stealth in 2021, it received a $1B valuation in early 2022, thus achieving unicorn status. Since then, the company has gone on to raise substantial funding and bring its valuation up to $7.2B in 2025. With this impressive growth, its secured some big name customers like Grammarly, databricks, and Rubrik.
That Glean was co-founded by a quartet with senior experience at Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Facebook stands the company in good stead. However, it’s the fact that its search engine is solving a new, but very real problem in the workplace that’s seen its popularity surge so quickly, which it’s likely to continue to do in the future. And its adaptability to include new AI capabilities to its platform, such as generative AI, has Glean well set to see further growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2025
$150m
SERIES F
Sep 2024
$260m
SERIES E
Total funding: $805m
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Arvind Jain
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Engineer at Google and Microsoft. Arvind is also the co-founder of high growth startup Rubrik, which delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises.
TR Vishwanath
(Co-Founder & CTO)Before co-founding Glean, TR was a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook after spending eight years at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, then Principal Development Lead.
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