Glean
Work AI platform
ApplicationSecurityEngineer
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“Application Security Engineer at Glean. Skills: Application Security, Vulnerability Management, SAST, DAST, Dependency Scanning, Cloud-Native Security, Container Security, Kubernetes Security. Own and lead the vulnerability management lifecycle, ensuring our entire tech stack is free from known CVEs. Implement and manage secure base OS images, ensuring all underlying systems remain hardened against security threats”
Industry & Context.
Excellent problem-solving skills; Ability to balance security with performance and usability
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BAS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience), 5+ years of experience in application security and vulnerability management, Deep understanding of software security vulnerabilities, including CVEs, OWASP Top 10, and supply chain risks, Experience with SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and vulnerability management tools (e. g. , Snyk, GitHub Dependabot, Trivy, Clair, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP), familiarity with package managers (npm, pip, Maven, Go modules) and securing open-source dependencies, Coding experience in languages such as Go, Python, Java, or C++ to develop security test cases and tooling, Hands-on experience with cloud-native security best practices across AWS, GCP, or Azure, Knowledge of container security, Kubernetes security, and securing microservices architectures, Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive security adoption within engineering teams, A proactive approach to security, identifying risks before they become problems, Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to balance security with performance and usability, Experience working in fast-paced, highly collaborative environments where security is a shared responsibility, Passion for open-source security and keeping up with the latest trends in software vulnerability management
What You'll Do.
Own and lead the vulnerability management lifecycle
ensuring our entire tech stack is free from known CVEs
Implement and manage secure base OS images
ensuring all underlying systems remain hardened against security threats
and patch OSS dependencies to mitigate supply chain risks and enforce best practices for dependency management
Research and evaluate trusted open-source security solutions like Google’s Assured Open Source Software and recommend their adoption where applicable
Work closely with engineering teams to integrate state-of-the-art SAST
and dependency scanning tools into the CI/CD pipeline to detect and remediate vulnerabilities early
Define and maintain best practices for secure coding to ensure all code developed by Glean engineers is free from vulnerabilities
Develop automated security validation tests to enforce vulnerability-free deployments across the stack
Lead the adoption and
develop custom security solutions to manage and mitigate security risks at scale
Provide security guidance
and mentorship to engineering teams to foster a security-first culture at Glean
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with engineering teams to integrate state-of-the-art SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning tools into the CI/CD pipeline; Provide security guidance, training, and mentorship to engineering teams; Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive security adoption within engineering teams; Experience working in fast-paced, highly collaborative environments where security is a shared responsibility
Communication Scope
Provide security guidance, training, and mentorship to engineering teams
Process & Methodology
Lead the vulnerability management charter at Glean, Lead the adoption and, if necessary, develop custom security solutions to manage and mitigate security risks at scale, Lead cross-functional initiatives
Full Job Description
About Glean: 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. 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. 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 - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for ente
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