Senior People Business Partner

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About Semgrep

Our mission is to make world‑class software security available to everyone. We build program analysis tools that are open source, easy to use, powerful, and fast. We also build a team with security expertise and a passion for great developer experiences. Most of all, we work with honesty and respect in a diverse community of dreamers and builders. We’ve redefined static analysis tooling and turned our project, Semgrep, into an essential safeguard for code at Snowflake, Dropbox, and more.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior People Business Partner to join our scaling People team as we navigate our Series D growth journey. The People team at Semgrep is dedicated to building a culture where all 200+ global employees can grow their careers while feeling respected and supported to bring their best selves to work, no matter where they’re located. This role is based out of our San Francisco office, with an in‑office expectation of 1‑2 days a week (Tuesdays + Wednesdays).

What You’ll Do

• Partner with leadership to drive People strategy that aligns with business objectives, providing counsel that shapes meaningful priorities beyond checkbox HR practices.
• Act as employee champion and trusted advisor—managing complex employee relations while addressing wellbeing needs that enhance productivity and engagement.
• Design career development frameworks including job architecture, leveling guidelines, and promotion criteria that create clear growth paths.
• Coach managers to become world‑class leaders who excel at career conversations, team development, and identifying stretch opportunities.
• Guide workforce planning decisions including org design, compensation philosophy, promotion frameworks, and ensuring global compliance.
• Build Semgrep’s L&D foundation—determining what HR structures we need now versus later, always prioritizing impact over bureaucracy.

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Salary Range & Benefits

Salary Range : $150,000 - $190,000 (San Francisco Bay Area). Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary. We also invest in our employees’ well‑being and long‑term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401(k), learning stipends, and more.

What We Offer

We competitively compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the process. We generate internal compensation bands based on market data to keep us above the average for comparable roles. We invest in employee well‑being and long‑term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401(k), learning stipends, and more.

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 in parks. We believe respect and honesty go hand in hand and prioritize both.

Equal‑Opportunity Employer

Semgrep is an equal‑opportunity employer seeking a diverse range of backgrounds. We value who you are—including your cultural heritage, socio‑economic status, age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, faith, and more. If you’re exceptional in your role, believe in Semgrep’s mission, and treat Semgrep’s values as your own, you belong here.

For US‑based roles open to remote work, we are currently able to hire employees in certain states only : Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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