Security Engineer I

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. 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.
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. Recognized 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.
If 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. Youll 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.
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:
Secure data storage and access controls

Conduct security code reviews and identify potential security risks in existing codebases.
Develop and implement automated security testing procedures.
Continuously improve the platforms security posture by identifying and implementing security enhancements.
Document security processes, procedures, and best practices.
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
In-depth understanding of secure coding principles and best practices (e.g., Familiarity with security testing tools and methodologies (e.g., static code analysis, penetration testing)
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.
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)
This role is remote

Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
We 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, youll receive a home office improvement stipend, as well as an annual education and wellness stipends to support your growth and wellbeing. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.

At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and were committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work.

As part of the interview process, youll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about, design, and use AI to drive impact in your role.

Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today — prior Glean experience isnt required.
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