Senior Manager, Engineering

HackerOne is the global leader in human-powered security, harnessing the creativity of the world s largest community of security researchers with cutting-edge AI to protect your digital assets. The HackerOne Platform combines the expertise of our elite community and the most up-to-date vulnerability database to pinpoint critical security flaws across your attack surface. Our integrated solutions, including bug bounty, pentesting, code security audits, spot checks, and AI red teaming, ensure continuous vulnerability discovery and management throughout the software development lifecycle. Trusted by industry leaders such as Coinbase, General Motors, GitHub, Goldman Sachs, Hyatt, PayPal, 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.

Based in Pune, India

Position Summary

Are you ready to build something impactful and lead a new chapter for our engineering team in Pune, India?

We re seeking a hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to set up and lead our first engineering team in Pune. You ll work closely with our in-office Customer Operations team while collaborating with teams in the Netherlands and North America to solve real-world problems for our global customers.

In this role, you ll roll up your sleeves to build the team from the ground up. You ll hire great people, help them grow, and create an environment where they can do their best work. Your team will tackle real challenges, delivering practical solutions that matter. It s all about finding smart ways to balance big-picture goals with day-to-day execution, keeping things aligned and impactful.

If you love building teams, solving problems, and creating value, we d love to hear from you. This is your chance to make a big impact on our customers and the future of our engineering organization.

What You ll Do

• Hire, onboard, and build your high-performing engineering team in Pune, India

• Empower a team of engineers with varying levels of expertise and domain experience to achieve a high level of efficiency, quality, and consistency

• Expand the team through hiring and onboarding, including mentoring and growing junior engineering managers as the team grows

• Collaborate extensively with stakeholders across the entire company. You ll find yourself working most closely with Product, Design, your fellow engineers, and our most strategic customers, but you will need strong relationships with all departments to be most effective.

• As part of an engineering leadership team that punches far above its weight, you ll dive into projects that influence the processes, efficiency, and development of HackerOne s Engineering department.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years managing software engineering teams

• Product development within SaaS environments

• Experience in customer operations roles and/or organizations

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Proven track record of delivering within time and budget constraints

• Proven leadership experience in engineering, preferably within the security domain.

• Strong strategic thinking and creative problem-solving abilities.

• Passion for empowering and developing engineering talent.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

• Ability to balance competing priorities and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

• The position is based in Pune and will be office based. We are seeking candidates located in Pune, and the surrounding metropolitan areas.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience within the cyber security industry

• Experience with AI automation and Process automation

• Experience as a Software Engineer

Compensation Bands:

4,568,000 - 5,710,000 INR per annum

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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 COs Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Flexible Work Stipend

*Eligibility may differ by country

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant.

Were 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.