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Glean · 1 day ago

Software Engineer, Backend

Glean is a Work AI platform that helps organizations work smarter with AI. The role involves building a highly performant and scalable backend system to make enterprise knowledge readily available, while addressing various technical challenges in a cloud-native application stack.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Distributed systemsCloud-native applicationsCoding skillsGCPAWSAzureProactive attitudeTeam playerMentoring

Required

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

Preferred

Familiarity with cloud native development practices in GCP/AWS/Azure is a plus

Benefits

Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage
Generous time-off policy
The opportunity to contribute to your 401k plan
Home office improvement stipend
Annual education and wellness stipends
Healthy lunches daily

Company

Glean

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Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers to improve workplace efficiency.

H1B Sponsorship

Glean has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (22)
2024 (17)
2023 (7)
2022 (26)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$768.2M
Key Investors
Wellington ManagementSequoia CapitalGeneral Catalyst
2025-06-10Series F· $150M
2024-09-10Series E· $260M
2024-02-27Series D· $203.2M

Leadership Team

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Arvind Jain
Founder and CEO
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Michael Miao
VP of Finance & BizOps
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