HackerOne's mission is to empower the world to build a safer internet. HackerOne is the global leader in human-powered security. We leverage human ingenuity to pinpoint the most critical security flaws across your attack surface to outmatch cybercriminals. HackerOne’s Attack Resistance Platform combines creative human intelligence with the latest artificial intelligence to help organizations reduce risk and transform their businesses with confidence.

Position Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer IV at HackerOne, you will participate in a new, ambitious project and drive architectural discussions and decisions. You will be part of the Assessment Squad, a team responsible for building and maintaining products like Pentest as A Service, Code Review and many more. You will be part of the Automated Scanning initiative, where we combine vulnerability data and AI to offer highly automated detection.

You will interact with one of the most vibrant communities of security researchers and hackers in the world, deliver amazing product offerings for thousands of companies who trust HackerOne with their cybersecurity and work on platform features for our internal stakeholders.

What You Will Do

• Your first month will be spent getting to know our company and your fellow HackerOnies through our well-organized and fun onboarding process called H.A.T.C.H. You will be setting up your development environment, getting a feel for our engineering processes, and embarking on a journey to fully understand the domain you will be working with.
• By day 90 you’ll have impressed your colleagues with your technical contributions, and you’ll have earned trust and credibility within your squad and the whole Engineering team, presenting your progress during our review/demo sessions.
• Your experience from here is yours to own. You could lead an important new project and work hand-in-hand with our principal engineer and designer. You could innovate during a Hack Week, by building something amazing that solves a problem for another team.
• Long term, you will:
• Work as a project lead together with stakeholders, designers and product leaders
• Build, ship and maintain highly-available, performant and durable features, focused on (but not limited to) hacker-facing areas of our platform
• Work with your team to deliver key results for impactful objectives
• Be a part of cross-squad initiatives
• Mentor and be mentored by other engineers
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of general Software Engineering experience
• Experience with dynamically typed, OOP languages such as JavaScript, Objective-C, PHP, Python or Ruby, Bash
• Practical SQL experience (3+ year, PostgreSQL preferred)
• Practical experience with React JS or similar libraries
• Documented experience leading technical projects through all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Must be based remotely in US or Canada. HackerOne is a digital-first company. This model offers our employees flexibility in time and location. All employees must be able to work and excel in a remote environment.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ruby on Rails (2+ years of experience)
• React JS (2+ years of experience)
• GraphQL
• Amazon Web Services
• Containers / Docker
• Security tooling like Nmap, Nuclei
  
  

Compensation Bands:

Tier Guide

Tier A

$164K – $175K

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Tier B

$147K – $175K

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Tier C

$139K – $174K

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Canada

CA$128K – CA$160K

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We're committed to building a global team! For certain roles outside the United States, U.K., and the Netherlands, we partner with Remote.com as our Employer of Record (EOR).

Employment at HackerOne is contingent on a background check.

HackerOne is an Equal Opportunity Employer in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, pregnancy, disability or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by international, federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all HackerOne employment practices, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. HackerOne makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

For US based roles only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position.

HackerOne Values

HackerOne commits to maintaining a strong, inclusive culture built for our employees and our community of hackers. We are driven by our five core values. We recognize that our mission is bigger than us, and therefore act with integrity at all times. As a team, we believe that transparency builds trust so we default to disclosure in our communications. Each individual executes with excellence, creating an environment of greater alignment and greater autonomy. We win as a team and respect all people to empower everyone to learn from each other, innovate, and grow.