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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.
About the role
As an AI engineer, you’ll apply LLM technologies throughout our stack to enhance Semgrep’s security vulnerability detection, prioritization and remediation capabilities. You will work directly with customers to understand their pain points, own the end-to-end implementation of AI-powered solutions and rigorously evaluate the efficacy of different prompts and models through experimentation with real-world data. If you are comfortable working with significant ambiguity, like prototyping and shipping quickly and enjoy getting to work on a little bit of everything throughout the stack - this is the role for you.
Our stack utilizes various LLMs including GPT-4/GPT-5, Codex and Claude, 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!
This is a hybrid role with the expectation you join us 3+ days per week in our San Francisco, New York, Boston or Denver offices depending on team. Remote employment will be considered for exceptional candidates as well.
Compensation
The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $163,000 to $246,500 USD. 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.
What we offer (FTE only)
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.
Who we are
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.
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 Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma.
About the role
As an AI engineer, you’ll apply LLM technologies throughout our stack to enhance Semgrep’s security vulnerability detection, prioritization and remediation capabilities. You will work directly with customers to understand their pain points, own the end-to-end implementation of AI-powered solutions and rigorously evaluate the efficacy of different prompts and models through experimentation with real-world data. If you are comfortable working with significant ambiguity, like prototyping and shipping quickly and enjoy getting to work on a little bit of everything throughout the stack - this is the role for you.
Our stack utilizes various LLMs including GPT-4/GPT-5, Codex and Claude, 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!
This is a hybrid role with the expectation you join us 3+ days per week in our San Francisco, New York, Boston or Denver offices depending on team. Remote employment will be considered for exceptional candidates as well.
Compensation
The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $163,000 to $246,500 USD. 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.
What we offer (FTE only)
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.
Who we are
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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Senior AI Software Engineer
Target companies with H-1B sponsorship history
Large tech employers like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta sponsor hundreds of AI engineering roles annually. Focusing your search on companies with a demonstrated H-1B filing history dramatically improves your odds of receiving a sponsorship offer.
Emphasize your ML stack in applications
Employers filing H-1B petitions for AI engineers need to justify the specialty occupation requirement. A resume that clearly maps your PyTorch, TensorFlow, or LLM experience to the specific role description strengthens both your application and their petition.
Consider O-1A if you have notable research or publications
Senior AI engineers with published papers, patents, or conference presentations at NeurIPS or ICML may qualify for the O-1A extraordinary ability visa. It bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and can be filed year-round without a cap.
Understand how the H-1B lottery affects your timeline
With a roughly 25% selection rate, H-1B lottery results are uncertain. Discuss backup authorization strategies with your employer early, including OPT extensions, L-1 transfers if you have overseas experience, or cap-exempt employer options like universities.
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Find Senior AI Software Engineer JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior AI Software Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. Senior AI Software Engineer positions consistently qualify as H-1B specialty occupations because the role requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a closely related field. USCIS has approved thousands of H-1B petitions for AI and machine learning engineering roles. Employers should document that the degree requirement is standard industry practice for the position, which is well-established in AI engineering.
What degree do I need for visa sponsorship as a Senior AI Software Engineer?
Most employers and USCIS require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, data science, mathematics, or a related technical field. A degree in an unrelated field is unlikely to satisfy the specialty occupation standard unless paired with substantial graduate coursework in AI or ML. If your degree is from outside the U.S., a credential evaluation confirming U.S. equivalency strengthens the petition.
How competitive is H-1B sponsorship for AI engineering roles compared to other tech jobs?
AI and machine learning engineering roles are among the most frequently sponsored H-1B occupations. Employers are highly motivated to sponsor because qualified candidates are scarce relative to demand. That said, H-1B selection is determined by lottery, not by role type or employer. Your best lever is targeting large employers with cap-exempt research divisions or companies with strong petition approval histories. Migrate Mate can help you identify which employers are actively sponsoring.
Can I get sponsored on an E-3 or TN visa as a Senior AI Software Engineer?
Australian citizens can pursue sponsorship through the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and a far higher approval rate than H-1B. Senior AI Software Engineer roles qualify as specialty occupations under E-3 with the same degree requirements. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under the TN visa's computer systems analyst category, though the role title and duties need to map precisely to the approved TN occupation list.
Do employers need to pay anything to sponsor a Senior AI Software Engineer on an H-1B?
Yes, and the employer bears those costs, not the employee. Filing fees vary by employer size and whether premium processing is used, but they are legally required to cover all mandatory H-1B costs. Employers cannot pass government filing fees to the employee. If a company asks you to cover H-1B filing costs, that is a legal violation and a red flag. Most legitimate tech employers absorb these costs without hesitation.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Senior AI Software Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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