Staff Security Advocate

Job Description

Semgrep is seeking a Staff Security Advocate to champion Semgrep within application security and software development communities. This role involves educating teams on secure coding practices, creating engaging product onboarding experiences, and fostering community champions to amplify Semgrep's message.Semgrep is on a mission to make it expensive to exploit software. As the team behind the most popular SAST, they built the Semgrep AppSec Platform to deliver industry-leading code, dependency, and secrets scanning to enable organizations to ship secure code quickly without slowing down development.What this role involves:

• Partnering with security researchers to investigate emerging security trends.
• Building and maintaining credibility as a trusted security voice.
• Producing high-impact technical content including conference presentations, in-depth blog posts, video tutorials.
• Leading technical workshops and hands-on training sessions.
• Translating user pain points and opportunities into product enhancement opportunities.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of hands-on keyboard experience identifying, analyzing, and remediating security vulnerabilities.
• Strong programming skills in multiple languages commonly used in enterprise development (Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, etc.).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities with a portfolio of technical content delivered to technical audiences.
• Proven public speaking experience at industry conferences, meetups, or similar events.

What Semgrep offers:

• Equity and benefits in addition to salary.
• Comprehensive health plans.
• Generous vacation time.
• 401k.
• Learning stipends.