People Experience Specialist

Semgrep • San Francisco, CA

1d • $95,000 - $115,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Semgrep is looking for our first Employee Experience Specialist to own and continuously improve the programs and moments that shape how people experience Semgrep — starting with the candidate interview process and continuing through onboarding, growth, and internal transitions. This role will be responsible for delivering a seamless, welcoming onsite interview experience, running a high-quality onboarding program, building engaging people programs, and supporting key lifecycle moments such as benefits engagement, internal moves, and global mobility.
This is a highly cross-functional, hands-on role for someone who enjoys both people-facing work and strong operational execution. You’ll partner closely with People Operations, Talent, Hiring Managers, and Leadership to ensure that candidates and employees alike experience Semgrep as organized, thoughtful, and human as we scale.
You’ll be a critical member of the People Operations team, helping ensure that as we grow from ~200 to ~300 employees over the next year, our culture, programs, and processes scale in a way that supports engagement, retention, and career growth.
This role is based out of our San Francisco office, with an in-office expectation of at least 4 days a week. Prior experience in a fast-paced, tech environment is helpful, but we are more interested in your passion for creating great employee experiences and your willingness to build and improve programs than your pedigree. So if this opportunity excites you but you don't meet the exact requirements, apply anyway!

Requirements

• Embrace the dynamic, uncertain environment of a Series D startup
• Have 2+ years of experience in HR, People Operations, Employee Experience, or a related role
• Have experience owning onboarding or similar employee programs end-to-end
• Are interesting in and understand benefits, wellbeing, and engagement programs
• Have had exposure to engagement surveys or basic people analytics
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills; you enjoy helping people and building trust
• Have a builder mindset — you like creating and improving processes, not just following them
• Have experience working with HRIS systems and common workplace tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Rippling, CultureAmp, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end onboarding and early employee experience, from pre-start through the first 90 days, continuously improving programs, content, and cross-functional coordination
• Own the onsite candidate interview experience, partnering with Talent and Hiring Managers to deliver smooth logistics and a welcoming, high-quality experience
• Design and run employee engagement programs, including new hire check-ins, milestone moments, culture initiatives, and engagement survey follow-ups
• Drive benefits and perks engagement, creating programs and communications that increase awareness, utilization, and employee wellbeing
• Serve as a front-of-house presence at our SF office, greeting candidates, visitors, and employees and helping create a welcoming office environment
• Support relocations, global mobility, and internal moves, coordinating processes, timelines, and communications with internal teams and external partners
• Manage contractor onboarding and offboarding, ensuring a smooth, compliant, and well-coordinated experience with internal teams and contractors
• Serve as a key People Operations partner, answering employee questions, maintaining accurate data, improving workflows, and supporting internal communications and events

Benefits

• Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary.
• We also invest in our employees’ well-being and long term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401k, learning stipends, and more.
• Our benefits are for everyone, so that you’re taken care of, and we work with individuals to make sure you have what you need, whether that’s quiet work space, adjusted hours, or something else.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees