Tech Lead Manager, Connectors

Glean Work is hiring a Tech Lead Manager, Connectors in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Glean Work.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions AI agents among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a lead role.
Glean Work has 130 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

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About Glean: Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles. At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s broadest range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding, hours of productivity gained each week, and smarter, safer decisions at every level. Recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality. If you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more. You'll be deeply embedded where people get things done. You'll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for enterprise trust, as we bring Work AI to every employee, in every company. About the Role: Glean is looking for Tech Lead Managers who will pave the way for our hyper growth phase. With a robust product strategy anchored in our Assistant vision, we are entering an ambitious product and team growth phase. We need engineering leaders who will build world-class software systems, uphold our cultural values of being fast-paced and customer-driven, build a top-notch team, and ensure solid execution in a highly collaborative environment. As a Tech Lead Manager at Glean, you will be pivotal in leading our engineering team to build and enhance our cutting-edge platform. You will:

Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable software solutions.
Drive the development and execution of engineering initiatives aligned with Glean's strategic objectives.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure timely delivery.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering organization.
Champion best practices in software development, quality assurance, and project management to drive operational excellence.
Contribute to Glean’s technical vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with industry trends and customer needs.
Serve as a technical advisor to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations on technology investments and initiatives.

About you:

You have 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of leading high-performing teams.
You possess deep technical expertise in Design/Architecture and distributed systems.
You have strong leadership skills and a demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve ambitious goals.
You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving innovation and leveraging technology to solve complex problems.
You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and are comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving change.

Location:

This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Bangalore office)

Compensation & Benefits: Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits. We’re committed to building and sustaining a diverse, inclusive workplace. We strive to attract and retain people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we do not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race. #LI-HYBRID AI-First Mindset at Glean: At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and we're committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about, design, and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today — prior Glean experience isn't required. Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants: Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), or other privacy laws may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available in our Privacy Policy. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. US applicants and their applications are subject to arbitration of disputes as outlined in our Applicant Arbitration Agreement.
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How we rate this

Tech Lead Manager, Connectors at Glean Work rates 18 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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