Staff Infrastructure Engineer

HackerOne is a global leader in offensive security solutions. Our HackerOne Platform combines AI with the ingenuity of the largest community of security researchers to find and fix security, privacy, and AI vulnerabilities across the software development lifecycle. The platform offers bug bounty, vulnerability disclosure, pentesting, AI red teaming, and code security. We are trusted by industry leaders like Amazon, Anthropic, Crypto.com, General Motors, GitHub, Goldman Sachs, Uber, and the U.S. Department of Defense. HackerOne was named a Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company in 2023 and a Most Loved Workplace for Young Professionals in 2024.

HackerOne is at a pivotal inflection point in the security industry. Offensive security is no longer optional - it is the standard for forward-thinking companies that want to build trust and resilience in a world where AI-driven innovation and adversaries are moving faster than ever. With the industry shifting, HackerOne stands apart : we combine the ingenuity of the largest security research community with a best-in-class AI-powered platform, trusted by the world's top organizations.

HackerOne Values

HackerOne is dedicated to fostering a strong and inclusive culture. HackerOne is Customer Obsessed and prioritizes customer outcomes in our decisions and actions. We Default to Disclosure by operating with transparency and integrity, ensuring trust and accountability. Employees, researchers, customers, and partners Win Together by fostering empowerment, inclusion, respect, and accountability.

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Remote Location : Boston, MA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco Bay Area; Austin, TX; or Washington, DC

Position Summary

As a Staff Infrastructure Engineer, you will work with your team on various challenging projects and build the Infrastructure for our platform and the thousands of companies that trust HackerOne with their cybersecurity posture.

You are a collaborative and effective Infrastructure Engineer leader and team member. You combine broad technological expertise, deep domain knowledge, and an unquestionable dedication to security as you intersect with the engineering organization. You seek leadership responsibilities, identify and spearhead new initiatives, and make systematic improvements to technical weaknesses you find in your squad's codebases and shared codebases across the company.

You understand what it takes to build highly available, performant, and durable cloud architecture. You work cross-functionally, earning buy-in from stakeholders across the organization with a service mentality.

At HackerOne, we embrace a Flexible Work approach that gives us the freedom to do our best work while also fostering the connections and community that make us stronger. Reflecting this philosophy, this is a remote role targeted for candidates within ~50 miles of Boston, MA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco Bay Area; Austin, TX; or Washington, DC . We believe this balance of proximity and flexibility gives Hackeronies the chance to occasionally come together - fostering collaboration, connection, and in-person moments that enrich our culture - while still preserving the benefits of remote work.

What You Will Do

Your first 30 days will be focused on getting to know our HackerOnies. You will join your new squad and be onboarded to engineering - get to learn the technology stack (AWS, Terraform, Ruby on Rails + GraphQL + many more).

By day 60, you will have been eased into our on-call rotations, you'll be leading a meaningful project for the team, and you will have become more connected within the larger HackerOne organization.

Beyond 90 days, you will be a full-fledged Infrastructure Engineer. By that time, you will be able to understand the business value of our products and features and the needs of our customers, and you can translate feature requests into simple but robust engineering (or non-engineering) solutions.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, execution, and alignment across multiple domains

Contribute to a positive team culture by supporting and learning from your fellow Infrastructure Engineers, spread across the US and Europe.

Take ownership of your personal growth and professional development

Apply your technical skills in a people-focused environment, helping build scalable solutions while fostering strong team relationships

Participate in an on-call rotation (one week every four weeks), serving as the primary point of contact for incoming requests and ensuring system reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of experience as engineer, with experience in the following tools : Linux, Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Kubernetes, Datadog, Cloudflare, OpenSearch

Must be willing to work our on-call rotation between the hours of 9-9pm PT / 12-12pm ET once every 4 weeks; Sunday to Monday schedule.

Proven ability to embed AI into infrastructure workflows by coaching engineers on AI-first practices, redesigning system processes to leverage AI for scale and reliability, and leading adoption of AI-powered tools across multiple engineering teams.

Experience with modern DevOps toolchain and pipelines

Successful track record of shipping projects quickly with multiple dependencies across technical and non-technical teams.

Expert-level Site Reliability Engineering

Strong interest in secure software patterns and best practices, ideally with a deep understanding of contemporary InfraSec principles

Excellent team player with strong communication skills.

Experience with CI / CD GitLab or GitHub Actions, pipeline optimization.

Experience with emerging AI technologies (model deployment, data compliance).

FedRAMP, SOC2, ISO27001 familiarity, secure-by-default infra design.

Compensation Bands : San Francisco

$188K - $235K

• Offers Equity

Seattle, Austin, DC, Boston

$170K - $211K

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Job Benefits :

Health (medical, vision, dental), life, and disability insurance

Equity stock options

Retirement plans

Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO

Paid maternity and parental leave

Leaves of absence (including caregiver leave and leave under CO's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Work Stipend

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

Visa / work permit sponsorship is not available.

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.

Compensation Range : $170K - $235K