Engineering Manager, Grammarly
Product Security
$247-422k
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AI-powered writing assistant
Job no longer available
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$247-422k
Salary dependent on location
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- 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 a security practitioner with a proven record of security-focused contributions in one or more security domains (application security, incident response, security operations, threat hunting, offensive security)
- Builds strong relationships with their direct reports and peers across the company
- Nurtures the talent in the team and raises the technical talent bar when recruiting for their team
- Identifies impactful and practical solutions for security, from low-hanging fruit to long-term investments
- Effectively sets and communicates priorities for themselves and their team while driving execution
What the job involves
- This role will lead a growing team of security engineers while helping manage a wide variety of projects and initiatives to secure our product offerings and growing organization
- Grow and lead security team(s) in a fast-paced SaaS company
- Empower the team and mentor its engineers, helping them advance in their careers
- Partner with the existing security engineers on ongoing red team and blue team initiatives
- Work with the product development teams, raising security awareness and offering expertise to keep our product protected through all stages of software development
- Represent Grammarly’s security engineering within and outside of the company
- Validate our defense, detection, and response capabilities by engaging an internal offensive team as well as external engagements
- Suggest security tools and practices with an outsize impact and drive their adoption in the organization
- Oversee the development of in-house security tools and solutions
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
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.
Insights
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
Founders
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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