Senior Software Engineer

About Semgrep Semgrep, the leader in code security for builders, empowers invention without friction. Teams catch, flag, and fix real issues before they ship, powered by security that learns as they build. Semgrep secures code as it’s written and provides guardrails that pave the road for developers to move fast and stay secure.

Built for builders and trusted by security, Semgrep lives where developers work, delivering fixes without breaking flow, and giving security teams visibility, control, and confidence. Semgrep gets smarter as you build, with AI that learns your context to cut false positives and prioritize reachable vulnerabilities, validated by 95% of security reviewers across 6M+ findings.

Semgrep makes zero false positives a reality with AppSec teams triaging 80% fewer false positives across Code and Supply Chain, dramatically shrinking the backlog. Founded in San Francisco and backed by Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is recognized by Gartner in Application Security Testing and is trusted by leading organizations, including Vanta, Lyft, and Dropbox.

Learn more at semgrep.dev . About the role In this role you’ll work across the stack to design, build and maintain a fast and reliable user experience for our customers. You’ll collaborate closely with designers and product managers to develop flows that help AppSec professionals and developers alike to achieve their security goals, own the end-to-end implementation of features in our frontend and backend and scale these systems as we continue to grow rapidly this year.

What you’ll do Contribute to major software product initiatives end-to-end, user-research through design, implementation, and deployment. Assist with setting technical and software product direction. Work closely with the team to define the software product’s future, including strategic decisions on which features to develop and the technical approach for their implementation.

Architect and build elegant, maintainable, extensible software systems. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and security researchers to build the best software product possible. Learn from users to understand their needs, build products to help keep them secure, and work with them to help them scale their software security programs.

You are ideal for this role if you have Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a Software Engineer-related occupation. 2 years of experience in the following skillsets: 1) Software systems and customer-facing applications using modern programming languages and frameworks including JavaScript and TypeScript; 2) React, HTML, CSS and Node.js; 3) Backend system and API development including RESTful APIs, defining application architecture, and integrating third-party services and data providers; 4) Database design and data management including designing database schemas; 5) SQL queries.

Compensation Salary Range: $131,997 - $184,000 Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary. Please note that the range listed is for someone based in the New York City area. What we offer (FTE only) Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the final steps of the hiring process.

To that end, we generate internal compensation bands that are used when discussing and negotiating salaries. We update these based on market data to make sure they’re above the average for comparable roles. We invest in our employees’ well-being and long-term success through a competitive, market-aligned benefits program that meets or exceeds local market standards across all of the regions in which we hire.

Benefits offerings vary by location to reflect local requirements and norms. For more detailed, location-specific information, please visit Semgrep Benefits . Who we are We bring together people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines—from physics and philosophy to formal methods research and full-fledged corporations.

We’re new parents and new grads, dog lovers and dogfooders. We get together often to bike, bake, and meet up in parks. In our interactions, we believe respect and honesty go hand in hand, and prioritize both. Semgrep is an equal-opportunity employer seeking a diverse range of backgrounds.

We value who you are — including your cultural heritage, your socioeconomic status, your age, your race, your gender, your sexual orientation, your disabilities. We value what’s vitally important to you — your family, your religion, your politics.

We value what you love in this world — your music, your weekend pursuits. We believe in welcoming varied professional backgrounds, educations, and interests. If you’re exceptional in your role, believe in Semgrep’s mission, and treat Semgrep’s values as your own, you belong here.

Please Note: For US-based roles open to remote work, we are currently able to hire employees in the following states only: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.