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 Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma. Learn more at semgrep.dev.
At Semgrep, we take a different angle when it comes to our sales development and go-to-market approach. We lean on performance data and metrics to build out our demand generation and sales programs. As an Outbound Sales Development Representative, you will directly grow sales pipeline by prospecting into new accounts. In collaboration with the AE team, you will maintain and nurture relationships with existing customers and you will partner with Marketing and the Account Executives to kick off new customer relationships.
Location expectations:
Our expectation is that this role will be remote but that the individual will be currently located in either Singapore or Australia.
Prior experience in a fast-paced, tech environment is helpful, but we are more interested in your skills than your pedigree. So if this opportunity excites you but you don’t meet the exact requirements, apply anyway!
Follow standardized processes and tactics in order to: generate interest, qualify, and convert a high volume of marketing leads into prospective customers and generate sales-ready meetings and opportunities for Account Executives.
Achieve and push the limits of your quota, territory revenue, and growth objectives
Provide accurate lead distribution and thorough discovery to your assigned Account Executives
Identify and analyze target prospects based on market, firmographic, and product signals
Utilize Semgrep’s systems and sales enablement tools - such as Salesforce, LinkedIn, and Outreach for prospecting
Establish relationships with key stakeholders within Semgrep’s target accounts
1+ year of experience in a quota based Sales or Business Development role
Excellent written & verbal communication skills
You are a self-starter with the ability to learn and follow standardized processes in a fast-paced sales organization
A growth mindset and are able to act on feedback quickly
Strong organization and time-management skills as you’ll be working with hundreds of prospects simultaneously
Nice to Haves
Technical/engineering degree or experience
Experience driving enterprise demand for a freemium, bottoms-up, or open source business
Compensation:
The estimated starting annual base salary range for this position is $55,500 to $58,800( $81,000 to $84,000 OTE). The actual base salary will be determined based on a number of factors, which may include job-related skills, relevant experience, qualifications, location, internal equity, and market data. In addition to base salary, total compensation may include equity, variable compensation, and benefits. We view equity as a meaningful part of our compensation philosophy and a way for employees to share in the long-term value they help create.
Compensation ranges are reviewed regularly and may be adjusted as the role, individual performance, or market conditions evolve.
Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the final steps of the hiring process. To that end, we generate internal compensation bands that are used when discussing and negotiating salaries. We update these based on market data to make sure they’re above the average for comparable roles.
We invest in our employees’ well-being and long-term success through a competitive, market-aligned benefits program that meets or exceeds local market standards across all of the regions in which we hire. Benefits offerings vary by location to reflect local requirements and norms. For more detailed, location-specific information, please visit Semgrep Benefits.
We bring together people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines—from physics and philosophy to formal methods research and full-fledged corporations. We’re new parents and new grads, dog lovers and dogfooders. We get together often to bike, bake, and meet up in parks. In our interactions, we believe respect and honesty go hand in hand, and prioritize both.
Semgrep is an equal-opportunity employer seeking a diverse range of backgrounds. We value who you are — including your cultural heritage, your socioeconomic status, your age, your race, your gender, your sexual orientation, your disabilities. We value what’s vitally important to you — your family, your religion, your politics. We value what you love in this world — your music, your weekend pursuits. We believe in welcoming varied professional backgrounds, educations, and interests. If you’re exceptional in your role, believe in Semgrep’s mission, and treat Semgrep’s values as your own, you belong here.
Please Note: For US-based roles open to remote work, we are currently able to hire employees in the following 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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