Semgrep - Security Research Manager, Coverage Team
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Requirements
• 5+ years experience as a Tech Lead in the Security space: App Sec Engineer, Security Researcher, Vulnerability Researcher, etc • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environments where prototypes are rapidly iterated or discarded • Comfortable tech leading and mentoring Security Researchers • Excellent proactive communication skills, both verbal and written • Fit in our low-ego high-impact culture • Excitement about building for customers, iterating fast, and seeing solutions solve real developer problems • Curiosity and a love of new technologies, especially AI/ML • Comfortable writing code, especially in Python or Rust • Some example projects you might work on include: • Improve and scale Semgrep’s automated pipelines for generating and validating high-confidence detection rules • Lead a team to identify and analyze vulnerability patterns (CVEs or from first-principle) across languages and ecosystems, and turn those into detection rules. Example: Improve supply chain reachability product for a given language, Code product can report security issues that cross the Android JNI interfaces, etc. • Put in place unified measurements for performance of detection to ensure the best quality across our customers • The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $188,000 to $254,000 USD. The actual base salary will be determined based on a number of factors, which may include job-related skills, relevant experience, qualifications, location, internal equity, and market data. In addition to base salary, total compensation may include equity, variable compensation, and benefits. We view equity as a meaningful part of our compensation philosophy and a way for employees to share in the long-term value they help create.
Responsibilities
• Hire, develop, and grow the team, cultivating a productive, engaging, diverse, and inclusive work environment that aligns with Semgrep's core values • Work closely with product management, sales, and product development teams across all product lines • Understand, measure, and elevate the velocity and quality of Semgrep detection rule delivery • Prioritize your team’s work and schedules, balancing current product needs with strategic research that will help scale the team through AI and automation • Contribute to the technical direction and to the research (depending on your profile) • Directly impact the security posture of many customers by improving the quality of our detection • You are ideal for this role if you have:
Benefits
• 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.
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