Hi 👋 we’re Glean. We make study software that makes learning quicker and easier for everyone.
- We’re a SaaS scale up and one of the fastest growing tech companies in the North.
- There’s 100+ of us around the UK with our HQ in Leeds.
- Our software is award-winning and used by 100,000s of students at over 800 universities & colleges worldwide.
- We’re growing so we can achieve our mission to support 1 million students to become better learners by 2026.
The role of Software Engineer:
Career track and level: Individual Contributor Level 3
As a Software Engineer at Glean, you'll be part of a multi-disciplinary, talented team, collaborating to create innovative software solutions that empower our users. You'll be responsible for crafting clean, efficient, and maintainable code, integrating components, and ensuring the quality and reliability of our products. You’ll also pride yourself on following our Engineering Principles.
Meet the team:
Technology at Glean is a cross-functional function made of Engineering, Product, Product Marketing, User Experience, Customer Experience and Data. This filters down to our product squads where we have at least one team member from each discipline working together to build the best product for our users and customers.
You’ll be joining one of four stream-aligned squads; Buyer Admin & Distribute (known internally as BEAR), Note-taking (known internally as GOAT), Learning (known internally as Egg) or Buyer HE solution.
You’ll be managed by one of the Engineering Line Managers; Natasha (owner of dog Bailey), Bruce (a man with a large vocabulary), Charlene (starting with us in January 2025, and owner of dog Spud), or Mark (Nomad policy champion, Glean Pride organiser) who are either Engineering Managers, Software Engineers or Platform Engineers themselves.
Mala is our Head of Engineering, if you’d like to know more about joining Glean, you can hear about her onboarding here.
What you’ll be doing:
🧑💻 Develop and Deliver: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code. Test, and deploy software releases. Integrate software components and third-party programs.
🏅 Culture of quality: Maintain a focus of quality and testability of delivered solutions alongside creating technical documentation.
💡 Problem-Solve and Innovate: Troubleshoot issues, identify improvement opportunities, and implement technical solutions. Learn about our hack week here.
🤝 Collaborate and Learn: Work closely with cross-functional teams, share knowledge, and continuously develop your skills. You can find out more about the recent Engineering away day here.
🧭 Mentor and Lead: Guide and support junior engineers, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture.
🔒 Fostering Trust: Maintain a collaborative and respectful team environment - Assume we are all well intentioned and want the best for Glean. Learn more about maximising team value here.
About you:
- Strong programming skills (object oriented and/ or functional).
- Front end technologies HTML5, CSS and JavaScript frameworks (we mainly use TypeScript and React).
- Back end technologies (we use Kotlin)
- Mobile technologies (we use Flutter).
- Persistence (mainly SQL, specifically PostgreSQL), some NoSQL.
- Knowledge of best practices in automated testing, continuous integration, automated deployment, code quality etc.
- Strong communication skills, with "passionate views, loosely held" – articulate ideas clearly but remain open to other perspectives.
- Willingness to learn, develop new skills, and adopt a flexible, team-oriented mindset.
Not every one of the above is essential, but hopefully it gives an idea of what we find useful day to day.
💰Salary and benefits:
£46,000 - £51,000 dependent upon experience
🏖️ 33 days annual leave (Inclusive of bank holidays)
🎄 3 gifted days off at Christmas
💰 EMI Share Options Scheme
🎓 Generous individual learning and training allowance
⌚ Truly flexible hours to suit when you work best
💻 Full home working set up and beautiful collaborative office space
🚗 Free Leeds City Centre office parking
🌴 Nomad working policy with family travel insurance
🍼 Enhanced 26 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity (fully paid)
🤝 2 volunteering days per year
🤍 Health cash plan (from glasses to massages)
💸 6% employer pension contribution
Location:
We have a beautiful office space in Leeds and we love it when we get together to collaborate in person. We typically operate a hybrid way of working, however some of our roles support remote working within the UK, if you live more than 50 miles from the office.
We will discuss ways of working with you at interview however if you have any questions before you apply please reach out to recruitment@glean.co
💡 What to expect next:
🎄 Applications over the Christmas period
Glean gift 3 days annual leave over the Christmas period which means we are closed between Christmas and the new year. We're taking this time to recharge and will review any applications received after Friday 20th December in the week following 2nd January. We wish you a restful and happy holiday season.
If we invite you to meet with us for interview, here’s an overview of what the process will look like:
- Screening interview with someone in our Recruitment team (30 minutes).
- Technical test via Github; you will have 1 week to complete the test when it suits you best. The test isn’t timed.
- Pairing exercise (1 hour) with two of our Engineers.
- Final stage interview which includes a 1 hour culture and values interview, plus a 30 minute interview around your CV and experience. This will be with our Head of Engineering and other members of the team.
Ahead of your interviews you will receive a confirmation email outlining who you’ll be meeting and when, anything you’ll need to prepare in advance and any resources we think you might find helpful.
👀 Interested in learning more about a career at Glean?
Here are a few further resources:
💌 Not quite the right role for you however you’d love to be a part of Glean’s journey?
Let’s connect! Reach out to recruitment@glean.co and we’ll add you to our network, to keep you updated with any future opportunities we think you might be interested in.
📄 Applicant Privacy Notice
We think it’s important that you understand how we use and handle your personal information, so here’s a link to our privacy notice. By submitting your application, you’re confirming that you’ve read and understood this notice.
About Us
Glean empowers learners with the confidence and ability to build useful knowledge in an age of information overload. Our inclusive learning technology is used by 100,000s of students to gain 21st century learning skills with a proven note taking process. We aim to reduce waste by helping learners to get more value from working with spoken language.
Our mission is to challenge how the world thinks about learning so that it’s more accessible, productive, and purposeful for all learners. Join our values-driven and growing team if you’re excited by our goal to change a million lives for the better.
