At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco
About Semgrep
- Semgrep, the leader in code security for builders, empowers invention without friction. Teams catch, flag, and fix real issues before they ship, powered by security that learns as they build. Semgrep secures code as it’s written and provides guardrails that pave the road for developers to move fast and stay secure. Built for builders and trusted by security, Semgrep lives where developers work, delivering fixes without breaking flow, and giving security teams visibility, control, and confidence. Semgrep gets smarter as you build, with AI that learns your context to cut false positives and prioritize reachable vulnerabilities, validated by 95% of security reviewers across 6M+ findings. Semgrep makes zero false positives a reality with AppSec teams triaging 80% fewer false positives across Code and Supply Chain, dramatically shrinking the backlog.
- Founded in San Francisco and backed by Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is recognized by Gartner in Application Security Testing and is trusted by leading organizations, including Vanta, Lyft, and Dropbox. Learn more at semgrep.dev http://semgrep.dev.
About the role
- As a software engineering intern at Semgrep, you'll help build a new category of developer-focused security tools to prevent bugs and security vulnerabilities.
- You will join the team behind Semgrep, shipping features that integrate the product into existing workflows and helping services scale and remain reliable.
Responsibilities
- Design and ship new features in a full-stack codebase using Python, PostgreSQL, Typescript, and React
- Work with users, product team, and design team to address user pain points
- Query aggregated metrics and run experiments to help understand and improve core Semgrep workflows
- Collaborate with your team through code reviews, design discussions, and demos
- Learn from a peer mentor whose job is to help you succeed, and to help you get what you want out of your internship
- Present your work to the team at the end of your internship
Requirements
- Have taken multiple college courses in computer science or equivalent experience
- Are interested in making a career out of software or a related field
- Have experience in a dynamic language like Python, Ruby, Javascript, or PHP
- Are excited about software security and developer enablement
- Are able to work in our San Francisco office 5 days/week.
Benefits
- $2,400 per week for our 11-week full-time internship
- Close 1:1 mentorship from full-time engineers on the team
- Regular feedback from your team’s manager
- The opportunity to work in-person in our San Francisco office
- An intern cohort of peers
Workplace
- Able to work in the San Francisco office 5 days/week
Skills
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- TypeScript
- React
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- PHP
