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What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has 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.\nAt its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s broadest range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding, hours of productivity gained each week, and smarter, safer decisions at every level.\nRecognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.\nIf you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for enterprise trust, as we bring Work AI to every employee, in every company.\nAbout the Role:\n\nGlean 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.\nYou will:\nDesign, develop, and maintain secure software for core platform functionalities, particularly focusing on:Authentication and authorization systems\nSecure communication channels between services (e.g., API security)\nSecure data storage and access controls\n\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product) to integrate security best practices throughout the development lifecycle.\nStay up-to-date on the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.\nConduct security code reviews and identify potential security risks in existing codebases.\nDevelop and implement automated security testing procedures.\nRespond to security incidents and participate in incident response procedures.\nContinuously improve the platform's security posture by identifying and implementing security enhancements.\nDocument security processes, procedures, and best practices.\nAbout you:\nBA/BS in computer science, or related degree, MS a strong plus\nMinimum 5+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on security aspects\nProven experience in designing and implementing secure authentication and authorization systems\nIn-depth understanding of secure coding principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10)\nExperience with secure communication protocols (e.g., TLS/SSL)\nFamiliarity with security testing tools and methodologies (e.g., static code analysis, penetration testing)\nExcellent problem-solving and analytical skills\nStrong communication and collaboration skills\nAbility to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team\nPassion for security and a commitment to building secure and reliable systems\nKey knowledge and skills\nThrive 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.\nA proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features.\nAn interest/desire to learn and own various aspects of security.\nStrong coding skills (for example in Go/Python/Java/C++ etc) with an emphasis on designing for reliability and scale, and writing well-tested components.\nExperience with cloud security principles and tools (AWS Security, GCP Security)\nExperience with container security (Docker Security, Kubernetes Security)\nLocation:\nThis role is remote\nCompensation & Benefits:\n\nThe standard base salary range for this position is $185,000 - $260,000 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.\nWe 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.\nWe 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. 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Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available in our Privacy Policy. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. 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