Software Engineer III

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The HackerOne Platform unites agentic AI solutions with the ingenuity of the world’s largest community of security researchers to continuously discover, validate, prioritize, and remediate exposures across code, cloud, and AI systems. Through solutions like bug bounty, vulnerability disclosure, agentic pentesting, AI red teaming, and code security, HackerOne delivers measurable, continuous reduction of cyber risk for enterprises. Industry leaders, including Anthropic, Crypto.com , General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Lufthansa, Uber, UK Ministry of Defence, and the U.S. Department of Defense, trust HackerOne to safeguard their digital ecosystems. HackerOne was recognized in Gartner’s Emerging Tech Impact Radar: AI Cybersecurity Ecosystem report for its leadership in AI Security Testing and has been named a Most Loved Workplace for Young Professionals (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. Software Engineer III Location : Pune, India (working onsite 3-4 days a week) Position Summary As a Software Engineer at HackerOne, you will help build and evolve product capabilities that advance our Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform and improve how our Product Security Analysts and security researcher community get their work done. You will work closely with engineers, Product Managers, and Designers, while collaborating with our Pune-based Customer Operations team and global colleagues to turn real customer and user problems into reliable product experiences. You will own meaningful features and components through the software development lifecycle, contributing across our application stack and continuing to grow your technical expertise. As HackerOne evolves its AI-powered platform, you will also have opportunities to apply and learn AI technologies where they improve customer outcomes. Primary Responsibilities Success in the Software Engineer role will be accomplished by delivering on the responsibilities below in alignment with the Values and Principles that define how we work at HackerOne. Build, test, ship, and maintain highly available, performant, and durable product features for HackerOne’s CTEM platform, with a focus on capabilities that simplify workflows and improve outcomes for Product Security Analysts, security researchers, and customers. Own meaningful features and components from development through production, working with engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to understand requirements, manage dependencies, make sound technical decisions, and deliver against team goals and roadmap priorities. Apply First Principles Problem Solving to understand customer and technical problems at their root, break complex challenges into manageable components, and develop simple, maintainable solutions rather than relying on fragile short-term fixes. Bring an AI Native mindset to engineering by using AI-enabled development tools where they improve quality or productivity and contributing to AI-assisted product capabilities where they create meaningful customer value. Develop your knowledge