# Head of Field Engineering - North America at Semgrep

- Company: Semgrep
- What the company does: An extensible developer-friendly application security platform that scans source code to surface true and actionable security issues with AI-assisted SAST, SCA, and Secrets Detection solutions. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and Felicis.
- Company website: https://semgrep.dev/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco Office
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $222K to $277K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/semgrep/f789bb11-98cd-4cb9-ba67-84c5435724d0
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/semgrep-head-of-field-engineering-north-america/

## About the role

As Head of Field Engineering at Semgrep, you’ll lead our Commercial and Enterprise Solutions Engineering organization during a pivotal stage of growth. You’ll help define how Semgrep’s global Solutions Engineering function scales. You’ll be responsible for building a consistent operating model, raising the standard of technical sales execution, and ensuring the organization can support increasingly complex customer needs.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, Solutions Consulting, or a similar technical sales function
- 5+ years of Solutions Engineering leadership experience, preferably within a high-growth or startup environment
- Experience leading globally distributed technical sales teams
- Experience managing teams that support both Commercial and complex Enterprise sales motions
- Proven success hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing technical sales talent
- Experience identifying and developing future frontline managers and senior individual contributors

Tags: Sales Org