About the job
About Semgrep
Semgrep stands at the forefront of code security, enabling developers to innovate seamlessly. Our platform empowers teams to identify, flag, and address real vulnerabilities before deployment, with security solutions that evolve alongside their coding efforts. By securing code during its creation, Semgrep provides essential guardrails, allowing developers to work swiftly while ensuring their safety. With a focus on integration, Semgrep offers visibility, control, and confidence to security teams, making it an indispensable tool for modern developers. Our AI-driven approach minimizes false positives and highlights actionable vulnerabilities, with validation from 95% of security experts across over 6 million findings. In our mission to eliminate false positives, our AppSec teams experience an 80% reduction in false positives across Code and Supply Chain, significantly alleviating backlog issues.
Founded in San Francisco and supported by prestigious investors such as Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is recognized by Gartner in Application Security Testing and trusted by leading companies including Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma. Discover more about us at semgrep.dev.
About the Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be instrumental in enhancing our backend and infrastructure systems to ensure a robust and efficient user experience for all our customers. You will collaborate with fellow engineers to design and develop APIs, data models, and services that power Semgrep’s scalable products. A solid understanding of databases, query optimization, and distributed systems is essential, as is the ability to integrate third-party services into existing first-party code.
Our technology stack includes Typescript and React on the Frontend and Python, Flask, and SQLAlchemy on the Backend, deployed using Kubernetes and hosted on AWS. While professional experience with these technologies is preferred, we welcome candidates who are eager to learn them quickly!
This position is hybrid, requiring at least 3 days a week in our San Francisco, New York, Boston, or Denver offices, depending on your team. We also consider remote work for exceptional candidates.
Compensation
The estimated starting annual salary for this role ranges from $160,000 to $207,000 USD. The actual salary will be determined based on various factors, including job-related skills, relevant experience, qualifications, location, internal equity, and market data. In addition to the base salary, total compensation may include equity, variable compensation, and benefits.

