Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Semgrep

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, CybersecurityIndustries

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience developing and operating production software
  • Experienced in Kubernetes clusters and in AWS infrastructure
  • Experienced with infrastructure tools, patterns, and methodologies
  • Passionate about building reliable and secure infrastructure
  • Know to work iteratively, fail fast, manage risk, and effectively respond to incidents
  • Experience leading complex initiatives, working across teams, and building new organizational capabilities
  • A thoughtful mentor and lifelong learner

Responsibilities

  • Work with the team to manage, maintain, develop, and optimize cloud infrastructure
  • Lead major initiatives end-to-end from architecture through implementation and maintenance
  • Help set technical and product direction, collaborating with the team to determine the future of the internal platform, what features to build, and how to build them
  • Learn from internal users to understand their needs, build solutions that solve their biggest pain points
  • Build simple, maintainable, and extensible software systems, platforms, and internal tools
  • Ensure continual, high-availability operation of services using modern site-reliability practices, including participation in an on-call rotation
  • Advise and mentor other engineers via thoughtful code reviews, pair programming, planning discussions, technical documentation, and formal mentorship

Skills

Kubernetes
AWS
CI/CD
Cloud Infrastructure
Infrastructure as Code
DevOps
Scalable Systems

Semgrep

Vulnerability detection tool for software development

About Semgrep

Semgrep offers a tool that helps security engineers and developers identify and fix vulnerabilities in their code before deployment. It integrates into existing workflows, providing actionable insights while significantly reducing false positives in open-source vulnerabilities by up to 98% through reachability analysis. The tool is designed for speed, with average scan times of less than 5 minutes, allowing teams to quickly address security issues. Semgrep aims to enhance the security of the software development life cycle, improving productivity and reducing technical debt.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2017Year Founded
$90.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_CCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Paid Vacation
401(k) Retirement Plan
Professional Development Budget
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options

Risks

Increased competition from Snyk and GitGuardian in the code analysis market.
Rapid evolution of programming languages may outpace Semgrep's tool updates.
Customer concerns about data privacy in cloud-based solutions could affect adoption.

Differentiation

Semgrep reduces false positives in vulnerabilities by up to 98% with reachability analysis.
The tool integrates seamlessly into existing workflows and ticketing systems for developers.
Average scan time is under 5 minutes, enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Upsides

Increased demand for supply chain security tools boosts Semgrep's market potential.
Rise of DevSecOps practices aligns with Semgrep's focus on SDLC security integration.
Growing popularity of IaC tools presents expansion opportunities for Semgrep.

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