About this role
About SemgrepSemgrep, 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 Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma. Learn more at semgrep.dev.
About the Role
Semgrep is looking for our first Employee Experience Specialist to own and continuously improve the programs and moments that shape how people experience Semgrep — starting with the candidate interview process and continuing through onboarding, growth, and internal transitions. This role will be responsible for delivering a seamless, welcoming onsite interview experience, running a high-quality onboarding program, building engaging people programs, and supporting key lifecycle moments such as benefits engagement, internal moves, and global mobility.
This is a highly cross-functional, hands-on role for someone who enjoys both people-facing work and strong operational execution. You’ll partner closely with People Operations, Talent, Hiring Managers, and Leadership to ensure that candidates and employees alike experience Semgrep as organized, thoughtful, and human as we scale.
You’ll be a critical member of the People Operations team, helping ensure that as we grow from ~200 to ~300 employees over the next year, our culture, programs, and processes scale in a way that supports engagement, retention, and career growth.
This role is based out of our San Francisco office, with an in-office expectation of at least 4 days a week. Prior experience in a fast-paced, tech environment is helpful, but we are more interested in your passion for creating great employee experiences and your willingness to build and improve programs than your pedigree. So if this opportunity excites you but you don't meet the exact requirements, apply anyway!
What you'll do - In Order of Impact
Own end-to-end onboarding and early employee experience, from pre-start through the first 90 days, continuously improving programs, content, and cross-functional coordination
Own the onsite candidate interview experience, partnering with Talent and Hiring Managers to deliver smooth logistics and a welcoming, high-quality experience
Design and run employee engagement programs, including new hire check-ins, milestone moments, culture initiatives, and engagement survey follow-ups
Drive benefits and perks engagement, creating programs and communications that increase awareness, utilization, and employee wellbeing
Serve as a front-of-house presence at our SF office, greeting candidates, visitors, and employees and helping create a welcoming office environment
Support relocations, global mobility, and internal moves, coordinating processes, timelines, and communications with internal teams and external partners
Manage contractor onboarding and offboarding, ensuring a smooth, compliant, and well-coordinated experience with internal teams and contractors
Serve as a key People Operations partner, answering employee questions, maintaining accurate data, improving workflows, and supporting internal communications and events
You are ideal for this role if you:
Embrace the dynamic, uncertain environment of a Series D startup
Have 2+ years of experience in HR, People Operations, Employee Experience, or a related role
Have experience owning onboarding or similar employee programs end-to-end
Are interested in and understand benefits, wellbeing, and engagement programs
Have had exposure to engagement surveys or basic people analytics
Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills; you enjoy helping people and building trust
Have a builder mindset — you like creating and improving processes, not just following them
Have experience working with HRIS systems and common workplace tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Rippling, CultureAmp, etc.)
Compensation
Salary Range: $95,000 - $115,000
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.
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 areWe 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.