Software Engineer, Grammarly
Shared Product Infrastructure
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- Has a minimum of 3 years of experience managing live production SaaS environments with high load
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure solutions such as container orchestration and service discovery in Kubernetes-based environments
- Background in software development or engineering roles
- Is knowledgeable on messaging and distributed streaming systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Is knowledgeable of AWS —or has deep expertise in Azure or GCP and is willing to learn AWS quickly
- Has strong networking knowledge and familiarity with monitoring, logging, and IaC tools
- Can communicate well and collaborate effectively, empathetically, and proactively on a tightly integrated team
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
- Is able to meet in person for their team’s scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based
What the job involves
- This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that fosters trust and unlocks creativity
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our Shared Product Infrastructure team as part of the wider Engineering Platform team
- This role will build world-class, secure, and reliable cloud-native infrastructure solutions for Grammarly engineers that will scale with our user base
- In this role, you will be a key player in shaping the common infrastructure that powers our Cloud Platform solutions
- This is a pivotal role dedicated to enhancing developer experience and significantly impacting business outcomes
- By developing and maintaining shared product infrastructure, this role enables business teams to focus on product delivery and reduces the cognitive load of working with complex infrastructure
- You will design, build, and manage robust, scalable, and secure components, ensuring seamless provisioning, compliance, and reliability
- You will work closely with various engineering teams to streamline infrastructure provisioning, enhance developer productivity, and drive innovation across the organization
- Use modern infrastructure management tools and services like AWS to build a massively scalable platform for Grammarly’s services
- Create and maintain shared infrastructure components that streamline developer workflows
- Develop a user-friendly self-service portal for easy infrastructure provisioning, allowing business teams to focus on core competencies
- Streamline infrastructure management with automation tools, reducing manual tasks and setup times
- Provide timely support and resolve common infrastructure issues, reducing downtime and maintaining productivity
- Enhance infrastructure performance, reliability, and scalability, continuously seeking ways to improve the developer experience
- Work closely with engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and provide the necessary support and solutions
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
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Company Specialist
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Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company values
- Ethical - Be honorable and earn trust by doing the right thing even when no one is watching, every time.
- Adaptable - Embrace change to evolve and succeed, with a positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Gritty - Achieve with passion and perseverance for goals, by doing whatever it takes to get the job done, whenever it’s necessary.
- Empathetic - Treat others as they want to be treated to work well together, by actively listening to put yourself in their shoes and then responding accordingly.
- Remarkable - Always be learning to develop quickly and be exceptional yet humble, by continually seeking out mentors and learning opportunities.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Head of Revenue & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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