# Senior Engineering Manager, Guardian

**Company:** [Semgrep](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/semgrep)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Denver, CO, California
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $230k – $288k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Platform Engineering, APIs, SDKs, Developer Tooling, ide extensions, AI Agents, mcp integrations, security products, agile development, product development
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Lead the platform team for Semgrep Guardian, embedding security analysis into AI agents, MCP, and IDEs. Own integration, orchestration, and distribution to deliver low-latency risk verdicts, driving adoption across products and partners. Requires 3+ years managing engineering teams and experience building durable platforms or security/developer tools.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work closely with product and design partners to create a roadmap for the platform that balances iterative changes with big bets.
- Prioritize and direct the team's schedule, balancing development of new technology, serving internal and external consumers, and maintaining internal technical quality.
- Retain and strengthen engineers through coaching, mentorship, regular feedback, performance reviews, and performance management when necessary.
- Build an environment of trust that rewards creativity, risk taking, and personal responsibility.
- Grow the team by hiring diverse, productive, high-level technical talent.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams.
- Strong foundation in product development and bringing products to production via a multi-disciplinary engineering team, including best practices for design, iterative milestone creation, and utilizing customer feedback.
- Familiarity with agile development principles and iterative milestone development.
- Strong desire to help engineers and other leaders grow through coaching and mentorship.
- Opinions on building durable platforms, APIs, or SDKs for demanding consumers; experience with developer tooling, IDE/editor extensions, AI agent/MCP/protocol integrations, or building a security product.

## Compensation
The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $230,000 to $288,000 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.

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