Semgrep
Senior Engineering Manager, Guardian
$230K–$288K
San Francisco, Boston, New York, Denver · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years leading software engineering teams.
About the job
Leads the Semgrep Guardian platform team, which integrates and distributes security analysis in AI agents, IDEs, and other developer workflows to deliver low-latency risk verdicts.
What you'll do
- Set the platform roadmap with product and design partners, balancing iterative work with larger initiatives.
- Prioritize team work across new technology, consumer needs, and technical quality; coach, mentor, and manage engineers.
- Build and grow a trusted team, including hiring and supporting high-level technical talent.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams.
- Strong foundation in product development and taking products to production with a multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Familiarity with agile development principles and iterative milestone development.
- Desire to help engineers and other leaders grow through coaching and mentorship.
Nice to have
- Experience or opinions related to durable platforms, APIs, or SDKs; developer tooling, IDE/editor extensions, AI agent, MCP, or protocol integrations; or security products.
Pay
$230,000 to $288,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
SAST, MCP, IDE, SDKs, APIs
AI focus
Builds platform integrations and orchestration that embed deterministic security analysis into AI agent workflows and provide actionable risk verdicts.
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