Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Backend and infrastructure work sits at the core of many modern SaaS products, and this role is anchored in problems that appear when software becomes a shared system of record for an entire enterprise. The focus on permissions-aware access, indexing across diverse sources, and “instant” user experience signals a platform that must balance relevance, latency, and trust at scale, all common pressures in B2B SaaS.
From a SaaS career perspective, the work maps closely to the skills that remain portable across cloud-native companies: distributed systems design, data modeling for extensibility, and production readiness through monitoring and deployment practices. The listing’s emphasis on end-to-end security across application, platform, and IT layers also reflects a reality of enterprise SaaS, where reliability and governance often matter as much as feature velocity.
This role suits engineers who prefer owning technical problems through architecture and launch, and who enjoy collaborating on roadmap prioritization rather than operating only within a narrow service boundary. It aligns well with professionals who want their backend craft to translate into broader platform judgment, including cost awareness, operational discipline, and security-minded design in multi-cloud environments.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the Role:
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 you can work on are 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 as well as IT security, laser focus on making the experience feel instant, while at the same time balancing the system cost implications, and tooling for comprehensive monitoring and deployment of the system in multiple cloud environments.
You will:
- 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
You are:
- 3+ years of experience
- BA/BS in computer science, or related degree
- Experience working on infrastructure for distributed systems or cloud-native applications
Key knowledge and skills
- 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
- Familiarity with cloud native development practices in GCP/AWS/Azure is a plus
Location:
- This role is hybrid (3-4 days a week in one of our SF Bay Area offices)
Compensation & Benefits:
The standard base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $265,000 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.
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, 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.
We 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. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.
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