Software Engineer, Back-End

Grammarly is seeking Back-End Software Engineers to join their engineering teams and play a critical role in building core parts of their product offering, infrastructure, and features. This dynamic hybrid role offers the best of both worlds – focus time and in-person collaboration to foster trust and innovation. Grammarly is a leading AI assistant for communication and productivity, helping millions of users and organizations.

Requirements

• At least three years of experience in Back-End development, ideally using Java or other JVM languages.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud offerings (GCP, Azure, etc.).
• Experience building, deploying, and debugging production systems at scale.
• Cares about the end-user experience and strives to ensure high quality.
• Embodies Grammarly’s EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Inspired by Grammarly’s MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.

Benefits

• 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
• Flexible sick time
• Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office)
• Annual professional development budget and opportunities