Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Glean
San Francisco, Palo Alto
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 140,000 - 265,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration","Debugging","Strategic thinking"]

Shape how engineers build, test, and ship software by designing and optimizing Bazel-based build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling. Enable AI-powered coding tools, reduce workflow friction, and scale infrastructure to accelerate engineering velocity across multi-language codebases and enterprise-scale environments.

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11 months ago

Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

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Job Summary

Shape how engineers build, test, and ship software by designing and optimizing Bazel-based build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling. Enable AI-powered coding tools, reduce workflow friction, and scale infrastructure to accelerate engineering velocity across multi-language codebases and enterprise-scale environments.
Location: San Francisco, Palo Alto
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and maintain our Bazel monorepo with support for multiple languages and optimize build systems and tooling.
  • •Operate and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, cloud runners) and reduce latency via remote execution, caching, and parallelization.
  • •Instrument pipelines with telemetry and dashboards to measure speed, reliability, and cost; build developer tooling to improve day-to-day experience (CLI utilities, IDE plugins, GitHub bots).
  • •Automate debugging of flaky tests and CI failures; simplify onboarding and local development environments.
  • •Enable engineers to integrate AI-powered coding assistants into daily workflows and multiply developer effectiveness through agentic tooling.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 265,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kEducation StipendWellness StipendMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software engineering background (e.g. Java, Go, Python)
  • •Experience with build systems (Bazel strongly preferred)
  • •Hands-on with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Jenkins)
  • •Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes, cloud runners, and distributed build/test environments
  • •Experience enabling AI developer tools and debugging workflow bottlenecks
Experience:Enterprise softwareSaaSAIDeveloper tooling
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCollaborationDebuggingStrategic thinking
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BazelGitHub ActionsKubernetesDockerGoJavaPythonBuckGradleMaven

Company Brief

Glean
Provides an enterprise search and knowledge discovery platform that helps organizations find information across apps, drives, and internal tools, improving employee productivity and onboarding through AI-powered search and relevance ranking.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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