Semgrep Salary

💰 $175K–$255K salary range

Median: $237K  ·  Based on 27 public Semgrep job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Semgrep salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Semgrep

• Vice President, Customer Experience — $300K · Sales Org
• Security Research Manager, Coverage Team — $255K–$319K · Engineering Org
• Staff Backend Software Engineer — $230K–$288K · Engineering Org
• Staff AI Product Engineer, Code — $230K–$288K · Engineering Org
• Director of Strategic Technology Partnerships — $227K–$282K · Operations
• Senior Security Engineer — $222K–$278K · Engineering Org

Semgrep salary by department

• Engineering Org: $247K median (11 roles)
• Product Org: $237K median (3 roles)
• Sales Org: $183K median (6 roles)
• Marketing Org: $153K median (5 roles)

Semgrep salary by seniority

• Senior: $233K median (12)
• Manager: $153K median (5)

Semgrep salary by location

• Remote: $247K median (22 roles)

Remote work at Semgrep

92% of Semgrep's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Semgrep looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · AWS (7) · CI/CD (6) · Kubernetes (5) · React (4) · GCP (2) · Azure (1) · Rust (1) · TypeScript (1).

About Semgrep

Semgrep is Series D stage · 51–100 employees · founded 2017 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Semgrep

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 85% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Semgrep total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Semgrep hiring activity

Semgrep has 24 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 27 public job postings with disclosed pay. 27 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (27 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Semgrep pay?
The median base salary is $237K, with a typical range of $175K–$255K, based on 27 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Semgrep?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Customer Experience, at $300K base.

Which team pays the most at Semgrep?
The Engineering Org team, at a $247K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 27 public Semgrep job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 10, 2026.

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