Backend Software Engineer

Responsibilities Glean is looking for Backend/Infrastructure engineers to build a highly performant, scalable, secure, permissions-aware system that makes all the relevant enterprise knowledge readily available to employees in all contexts of their work The role provides ample opportunities to work on various aspects of building a modern cloud-native application stack using the latest best practices – examples of some technical challenges include building a scalable, reliable distributed system and underlying storage, a unified application framework and data model that makes it easy to index diverse sources of information, end‑to‑end aspects of security (application layer, platform layer, and IT security), laser focus on making the experience feel instant while balancing system cost implications, and tooling for comprehensive monitoring and deployment of the system in multiple cloud environments Own impactful infrastructure problems from inception and architecture to production launch Write well‑thought‑out design documents and robust, high‑quality, well‑tested code Work collaboratively with a strong team to identify the most impactful projects we should prioritize in our roadmap Mentor more junior engineers or learn from battle‑tested ones Qualifications 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 Familiarity with cloud native development practices in GCP/AWS/Azure is a plus 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 A proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features #J-18808-Ljbffr