Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company, trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 teams. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of theFortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 14 on the Cloud 100, one of ’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of ’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of ’s Best Workplaces.
To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Security Engineer, Corporate Security, to join our Trust & Enterprise team.
Trust is critical to Grammarly’s mission. The Enterprise Security team’s mission is to defend Grammarly’s corporate assets from all threats through risk reduction. Enterprise Security reduces risk to Grammarly by advising, supporting, building, operating, and assuring multiple critical preventive and reactive security controls in tight collaboration with teams and stakeholders across the company.
Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. You can hear more from our team on our technical blog.
As a Security Engineer on the enterprise security team, you will be entrusted with the crucial responsibility of safeguarding Grammarly's corporate environment, where our amazing employees work their magic daily. From our versatile laptop fleet (Mac and Windows) to our innovative SaaS apps and other Corporate Infrastructure, you will play a vital role in ensuring our success and securing our valuable assets. With a confident and thoughtful approach, you'll build and implement solutions that raise the security bar for our corporate infrastructure. If you love working on security and operations, we are excited to have you join our dynamic team!
- Contribute to designing and developing engineering solutions that support enterprise-wide security initiatives, such as Zero Trust.
- Collaborate with our Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) team to help develop enterprise security standards, guidelines, and policies.
- Design, build, maintain, tune, and enhance the effectiveness of our Enterprise Security controls in a wide range of security domains, including:
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
- Email Security
- Ransomware Resilience
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)/Insider Risk
- Conditional Access
- Vendor/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Security
- Device Posture and Attestation, Shadow IT
- Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Perform risk assessments and security assurance (threat modeling, code review as necessary) on a range of systems that support Grammarly’s business operations:
- Operating Systems and commercial/open-source desktop applications
- Internally developed Enterprise Infrastructure Services
- Third-Party Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions
- Network Infrastructure (ZTNA, CASB, VPN)
- Drive the remediation of security vulnerabilities identified through assessments.
- Build security automation to secure our corporate infrastructure.
- Evaluate cutting-edge Enterprise Security technology designed to increase our security posture.
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.
- Is able to collaborate in person two weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub where the team is based.
- Is excited to build security controls to safeguard our systems and services.
- Has working experience in Security Assurance: Penetration Testing, Code Review, and Threat Modeling.
- Is familiar with programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go for automation.
- Has a strong understanding of cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations.
- Is knowledgeable about the best practices and technologies of cloud security.
- Has excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks.
- Has strong communication skills and can explain complex security issues in understandable terms.
- Nurtures the talent in the team and raises the technical talent bar when recruiting for their team.
Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more:
- Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
- Disability and life insurance options
- 401(k) and RRSP matching
- Paid parental leave
- 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and unlimited sick days
- Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
- Annual professional development budget and opportunities
Grammarly takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. Our US locations are categorized into two compensation zones based on proximity to our hub locations.
Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined below by compensation zone and may be modified in the future.
Zone 1: $280,000 - $380,000/year (USD)
Zone 2: $250,000 - $340,000/year (USD)
For more information about our compensation zones and locations where we currently support employment, please refer to this page. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all to apply—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US).
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What We Do
Grammarly’s real-time writing assistance helps 30 million people and 30,000 teams write more clearly and effectively. For individuals, a free account can improve and strengthen everyday writing, while a Premium account helps users step up their game at work, school, and anywhere they want to communicate with confidence. Grammarly Business is tailored for enterprises and organizations of all sizes to help achieve business objectives by improving communication quality, efficiency, and consistency. Additionally, Grammarly for Developers allows builders to integrate Grammarly’s writing suggestions directly into their products, increasing their value by delivering intelligent and easy-to-use communication suggestions to their users. Our company makes money by selling subscriptions, not by selling user data. In building a product that scales across multiple platforms and devices, Grammarly works to empower people whenever and wherever they communicate.
Across the United States, Canada, and Ukraine, Grammarly’s values-driven team is growing to support our expanding user base and to continue developing our platform into a truly comprehensive communication partner.
Why Work With Us
Grammarly’s values-driven team is growing to support our expanding user base and continue developing our writing assistance into a truly comprehensive communication partner. Our working model balances remote work with in-person collaboration at Grammarly’s hubs in San Francisco, Kyiv, New York, and Vancouver.
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