Application Security Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Glean:</strong></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At 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.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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 - 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.</span></div></div><p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Role:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Glean is looking for an experienced <strong>Application Security Engineer</strong> with a primary focus on ensuring that our entire technology stack is free of software vulnerabilities (CVEs). This role is responsible for securing our base OS images, ensuring all open-source software (OSS) dependencies are scanned and patched, and integrating cutting-edge security tools into our CI/CD pipeline. The ideal candidate will drive the adoption of solutions like Google’s Assured Open Source Software (OSS) and explore alternative approaches to enhance software security. This role will lead the vulnerability management charter at Glean, identifying, evaluating, and implementing new security technologies and processes to proactively protect our infrastructure.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>You will:</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li class="wnfdnte _1ibi0s33w" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own the vulnerability management lifecycle across Glean’s technology stack, from discovery and prioritization through remediation, reporting, and measurement.</span></li> <li class="wnfdnte _1ibi0s33w" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Harden base OS images and secure open-source dependencies, package managers, and the broader software supply chain.</span></div> </li> <li class="wnfdnte _1ibi0s33w" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Integrate SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and automated security validation into CI/CD pipelines.</span></div> </li> <li class="wnfdnte _1ibi0s33w" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate, adopt, and develop security solutions and tooling, including Google’s Assured OSS and comparable approaches.</span></div> </li> <li class="wnfdnte _1ibi0s33w" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Define secure-coding practices and drive engineering adoption through guidance, training, and mentorship.</span></div> </li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About you:</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">BA/BS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">8+ years of experience in application security and vulnerability management.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Deep understanding of software security vulnerabilities, including CVEs, OWASP Top 10, and supply chain risks.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and vulnerability management tools (e.g., Snyk, GitHub Dependabot, Trivy, Clair, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP).</span>&nbsp;</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience with cloud-native security across AWS, GCP, including containers, Kubernetes, and microservices.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive security adoption across engineering teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proactive, pragmatic, and collaborative, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to balance security with performance and usability.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Location:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This role is remote</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Compensation &amp; Benefits:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The 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.</span></p> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We’re committed to building and sustaining a diverse, inclusive workplace. We strive to attract and retain people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we do not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.<span class="screenreader-hidden-offscreen">&nbsp;</span></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">#LI-REMOTE</span></div><div class="content-conclusion"><div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>AI-First Mindset at Glean:</strong></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and we're committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. <strong>As part of the interview process, you'll 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. </strong>Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today — prior Glean experience isn't required.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants:</strong></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), or other privacy laws may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. 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