Define and evolve the architectural vision for HackerOne’s platform and core systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
Partner with Product, Platform, and Security teams to translate long-term business and product goals into actionable architectural strategies.
Collaborate with Principal and Distinguished Engineers to align on technical direction, establish shared standards, and evolve HackerOne’s system design principles.
Lead major cross-team initiatives that modernize our architecture, improve observability, and reduce complexity across our systems.
Mentor and guide engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, including AI, GenAI, and LLM-driven architectures, to enhance the intelligence and effectiveness of our platform.
Drive architectural governance and documentation, ensuring long-term maintainability and transparency in decision-making.
Communicate architectural direction clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, building alignment through clarity and evidence.
Within your first 30–60–90 days, you’ll move from deeply understanding our systems and architecture, to identifying strategic opportunities, to leading architectural initiatives that impact teams company-wide.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software engineering and system architecture within a SaaS environment.
Proven track record designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems, ideally using Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, and ElasticSearch/OpenSearch.
Hands-on experience with GenAI and LLM integration in production systems; understanding of model lifecycle or AI-assisted architectures is a strong plus.
Demonstrated experience leading architectural initiatives spanning multiple teams and product domains.
Excellent communication and influence skills, capable of aligning technical and non-technical stakeholders around shared goals.

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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsystem architecturelarge-scale distributed systemsRuby on RailsReactJSTypeScriptGraphQLElasticSearchOpenSearchGenAI

Soft Skills

communicationinfluencementoringcollaborationtechnical excellenceknowledge sharingcontinuous improvementalignmenttransparencyleadership