# Senior Backend Software Engineer

**Company:** [Semgrep](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/semgrep)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Denver, CO
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $163k – $247k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Flask, Sqlalchemy, Kubernetes, AWS, TypeScript, React, Postgres, Distributed Systems, Query Optimization
**Posted:** 2026-02-02

> Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and services for scalable code security products. Requires strong knowledge of databases, distributed systems, and query optimization; experience with Python/Flask preferred.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work on backend and infrastructure systems to design, build, and maintain fast and reliable user experience for customers.
- Collaborate with other engineers to develop APIs, data models, and services that power Semgrep’s products at scale.
- Integrate third-party vendors into existing first-party code.

## Requirements
- Strong understanding of **databases**, **query optimization**, and **distributed systems**.

## Technologies
- **Backend**: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy
- **Frontend**: Typescript, React
- **Deployment**: Kubernetes
- **Hosting**: AWS

## Compensation
- Estimated starting annual salary range: **$163,000 to $246,500 USD**.
- Total compensation may include equity, variable compensation, and benefits.

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