Senior Counsel, Employment & Compliance

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and the only solution provider that pairs the simultaneous trust of the Fortune 500 and the world's largest community of security researchers to secure the AI-native enterprise. The H1 Platform unites agentic AI solutions with security researchers ingenuity to continuously discover, validate, prioritize, and remediate exposures across code, cloud, and AI systems. Through solutions such as agentic and human offensive security testing, AI red teaming, code security, validation, and remediation, 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.

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.

Remote Locations

U.S.: Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, Washington DC, or Boston

UK: London

HackerOne seeks a trusted business partner and pragmatic builder with an ownership mentality to lead the Legal team’s employment, litigation, and compliance function. The Senior Counsel will co-own outcomes with business stakeholders across the company and balance legal and reputational risk with high-acceleration growth. This position reports directly to the Chief Legal Officer.

As Senior Counsel, you will be a hands-on and solutions-oriented member of the Legal team and will support the company in its mission to build a safer internet. You will be asked to own and operationalize corporate compliance programs, including governance, ethics and compliance, and workforce policies and processes, and serve as a data-driven, strategic partner in aligning legal guidance to business objectives.

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 Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA, Washington, DC or London, UK. 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.

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  Serve as a trusted senior advisor to executives, People team members, and cross-functional stakeholders on complex U.S. and global labor and employment matters, including hiring and recruiting, compensation, benefits, leave, accommodations, and related topics.

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  Advise on and assist the People team with sensitive U.S. and global employee relations issues, including compliance, security, and EEO investigations, performance management, terminations/redundancies, and other related matters.

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  Coordinate with Commercial, Product, and Revenue team members to advise on platform and marketplace legal risk, while balancing business objectives.

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  Manage dispute resolution, legal process, and litigation, including legal holds, investigations, e-discovery, and subpoenas and law enforcement or regulatory investigations.

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  Provide counsel on regulatory and compliance issues related to HackerOne’s platform, customers, and workforce, including conflicts of interest, third-party due diligence, Terms of Service, audits, and other areas, as needed.

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  Act as an AI-forward legal partner by identifying opportunities to use AI to improve legal research, risk identification, workflow efficiency, knowledge management, and business resiliency while applying sound judgment regarding confidentiality, accuracy, bias, transparency, and human oversight.

At HackerOne, how we work is just as important as what we accomplish. We expect every employee of Hackerone to demonstrate our Talent Principles in their day-to-day work.

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.