# Staff 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:** $230k – $288k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Flask, Sqlalchemy, Kubernetes, AWS, TypeScript, React, Databases, Distributed Systems, APIs
**Posted:** 2026-02-02

> Builds and maintains backend systems, APIs, data models, and services for scalable code security products. Requires expertise in databases, distributed systems, and vendor integrations; experience with Python/Flask backend preferred.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work on backend and infrastructure systems to design, build, and maintain a 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.

## Requirements
- Strong understanding of databases, query optimization, and distributed systems.
- Comfortable integrating third-party vendors into existing first-party code.

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

## Compensation
- Estimated starting annual salary range: $230,000 to $288,000 USD.
- Total compensation may include equity, variable compensation, and benefits.

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