Senior Security Engineer

About The Role As a Senior Security Engineer, you will help lead our product-focused security efforts. You will embed with our Engineering teams and take our Cloud and Product Security from good to great. We value candidates who have a strong background in Software Engineering and have a track record of both finding security issues in existing infrastructure and working to bake security into future products. To succeed in this role, you must be a ‘builder’ as well as a ‘breaker’. You Will Lead Internal Security’s work to improve our production security Embed with our Infrastructure and App Dev teams Help design, and implement, platform security features Set our production security priorities, strategy, and roadmap Create, deploy and operate production security tooling (both custom solutions, as well as third‑party tools) Be one of the primary owners of our internal Semgrep.dev instance You Are Ideal For This Role If You Have 7+ years of experience in security engineering or product security roles Have excellent technical project management and interpersonal skills Have deep expertise across a variety of security domains; with an emphasis on Cloud Security, Product Security, and Securing Engineering Are able to be a senior contributor, embedded within our Engineering teams Enjoy leading technical projects as well as contributing to cross‑functional teams Experienced with securing modern cloud‑based applications, with hands on building secure solutions with AWS or GCP primitives This is a hybrid role with the expectation you’ll join us 3+ days per week in our San Francisco, New York, Boston or Denver offices depending on team. Remote employment will be considered for exceptional candidates as well. Compensation Salary Range: $222,000-278,000 Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary. Please note that the range listed is for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Benefits (FTE Only) 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 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. 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr