Senior Backend Engineer: Build scalable APIs (Remote/Hybrid)

Semgrep; Town of Boston (NY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Semgrep, the leader in code security, is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend and infrastructure systems for a fast, reliable user experience.

Your stack includes Typescript, Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Kubernetes, and AWS, with hybrid work and remote options for exceptional candidates. The position offers a generous starting salary, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of databases, query optimization and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes and AWS is preferred.
• Hybrid role with 3+ days/week in our offices; remote considered for exceptional candidates.

Responsibilities

• As a Backend Engineer, you’ll work on our backend and infrastructure systems to design, build and maintain a fast and reliable user experience for our customers.
• You’ll collaborate with other engineers to develop the APIs, data models and services that power Semgrep’s products at scale.
• You should be comfortable integrating third‑party vendors into existing first‑party code.

Skills

Distributed systems

Databases

API design

Tools

Typescript

Python

Flask

SQLAlchemy

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Semgrep, the leader in code security, is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend and infrastructure systems for a fast, reliable user experience.

Your stack includes Typescript, Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Kubernetes, and AWS, with hybrid work and remote options for exceptional candidates. The position offers a generous starting salary, equity, and benefits.