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# Senior Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Semgrep, Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Databases, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Query Optimization, SQLAlchemy, TypeScript, ReactJS, Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_830fd8b90653e92f6ae8f7e1b5ee5c0a

## About the Role

Our stack utilizes Typescript and React on the Frontend, Python, Flask and SQLAlchemy on the Backend, is deployed via Kubernetes and hosted on AWS. Professional experience with these technologies is preferred but not required provided you are open to learning them quickly!

## Description

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 have a strong understanding of databases, query optimization and distributed systems and be comfortable integrating third-party vendors into existing first-party code.