Technical Recruiter

About Semgrep

Semgrep is on a mission to make it expensive to exploit software. As the team behind the most popular SAST, we built the AppSec Platform to deliver industry-leading code, dependency, and secrets scanning to enable organizations to ship secure code quickly without slowing down development.

With fast, customizable code analysis across large codebases, Semgrep helps teams catch vulnerabilities early and fix them faster. Leading companies like Snowflake, Plaid, Figma, Lyft, and Dropbox rely on Semgrep to secure their software.

Semgrep is funded by top investors, including Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.

About the role

We're looking for a Technical Recruiter to join in an exciting chapter of growth. You'll focus primarily on supporting the engineering and product functions (EPD), but may step in to support other teams according to business needs. Regardless of what hiring manager you support, you will be focused on helping us find and hire exceptional people who are excited by our mission and helping our business grow.

As a Technical Recruiter, you'll be a strategic business partner who represents the brand authentically while leveraging data and modern tools to make smart hiring decisions. You'll work closely with hiring managers to develop evidence-based search strategies and ensure we're hiring strategically, not just quickly, while keeping genuine human connection at the center of every candidate interaction. You'll also collaborate with your recruiting teammates, sharing market insights and innovative approaches as we grow together.

This role will be based out of our office 2 days/week (Tuesdays + Wednesdays).

What you'll do…

• Own full-cycle recruiting with primary focus on EPD roles, supporting other teams as needed
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that build diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines
• Partner with hiring managers to optimize role requirements, interview processes, and evaluation frameworks
• Maintain hiring quality standards while meeting aggressive growth targets
• Analyze market trends and compensation data to inform recruitment strategy
• Share competitive intelligence and best practices to improve team performance
• Drive recruiting efficiency and effectiveness through strategic process improvements

You are ideal for this role if you have…

• Proven experience managing full-cycle recruiting, ideally within an internal recruiting environment
• Creative sourcing skills and the ability to find talent in unexpected places
• A track record of building diverse candidate pipelines and inclusive hiring processes
• Strong storytelling abilities to share our mission and culture with candidates
• Collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working closely with other recruiters
• The ability to build trust and genuine relationships with candidates, teammates, and hiring managers
• Comfort with the dynamic and ambiguous nature of a growing organization

Compensation

Salary Range: $110,000 - $125,000

Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary.

Please note that the range listed is for someone based in the Bay Area.

What we offer

Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every 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 also invest in our employees’ well-being and long term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401k, learning stipends, and more. Our benefits are for everyone, so that you’re taken care of, and we work with individuals to make sure they have what they need, whether that’s quiet work space, adjusted hours, or something else.

Who we are

We have people from France and the Philippines, physics and philosophy, formal methods research and full fledged corporations. We’re new parents and new grads, aspiring authors and aspiring Americans, 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.

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 our mission, and treat our 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 Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.