Harness
Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.
Position Summary This is an amazing opportunity to be an engineer in a high‑growth, high‑potential startup. In this role, you will be part of the Platform team and responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and delivering high‑quality software that has a direct impact on the company's product.
About The Role
Design and implement scalable platform features
Author software functional specifications and design documents
Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including delivered quality
Design and implement scalable algorithms
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
Perform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code
Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross‑functional teams to diagnose & troubleshoot any production performance related issues
Work with Java, Golang, and Python; systems built on Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and GCP (Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud Composer, AI Platform)
About You
4‑6 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products, and services in Java or similar languages
Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
Foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
Comfort in working in short, agile, iterative development cycles
Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
Proficient in software development using CICD pipelines and Git
Working knowledge of SQL/NoSQL and database technologies
Experience in SaaS platform development with scale
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Work Location Mountain View, CA – Hybrid
Benefits & Compensation
Competitive salary (anticipated base salary range: $145,000 to $182,000 annually)
Equity and benefits may be included
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
Quarterly Harness TGIF‑Off / 4 days
Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team‑building events
Recharge & Reset Program
Monthly internet reimbursementCommuter benefits
A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
Pay transparency: $145,000—$182,000 USD.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Software Development
Equal Opportunity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Note on Fraudulent Recruiting / Offers We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.
Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.
If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at
security@harness.io . You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website ( https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams ), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.
Harness in the News
Harness AI Tackles Software Development’s Real Bottleneck
After ‘Vibe Coding’ Comes ‘Vibe Testing’ (Almost)
Startup Within a Startup: Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness)
Jyoti Bansal, Harness | theCUBEd Awards
Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco, Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger
Harness snags Split.io, as it goes all in on feature flags and experiments
Exclusive: Jyoti Bansal‑led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financing
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Position Summary This is an amazing opportunity to be an engineer in a high‑growth, high‑potential startup. In this role, you will be part of the Platform team and responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and delivering high‑quality software that has a direct impact on the company's product.
About The Role
Design and implement scalable platform features
Author software functional specifications and design documents
Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including delivered quality
Design and implement scalable algorithms
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
Perform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code
Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross‑functional teams to diagnose & troubleshoot any production performance related issues
Work with Java, Golang, and Python; systems built on Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and GCP (Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud Composer, AI Platform)
About You
4‑6 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products, and services in Java or similar languages
Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
Foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
Comfort in working in short, agile, iterative development cycles
Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
Proficient in software development using CICD pipelines and Git
Working knowledge of SQL/NoSQL and database technologies
Experience in SaaS platform development with scale
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Work Location Mountain View, CA – Hybrid
Benefits & Compensation
Competitive salary (anticipated base salary range: $145,000 to $182,000 annually)
Equity and benefits may be included
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
Quarterly Harness TGIF‑Off / 4 days
Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team‑building events
Recharge & Reset Program
Monthly internet reimbursementCommuter benefits
A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
Pay transparency: $145,000—$182,000 USD.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Software Development
Equal Opportunity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Note on Fraudulent Recruiting / Offers We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.
Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.
If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at
security@harness.io . You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website ( https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams ), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.
Harness in the News
Harness AI Tackles Software Development’s Real Bottleneck
After ‘Vibe Coding’ Comes ‘Vibe Testing’ (Almost)
Startup Within a Startup: Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness)
Jyoti Bansal, Harness | theCUBEd Awards
Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco, Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger
Harness snags Split.io, as it goes all in on feature flags and experiments
Exclusive: Jyoti Bansal‑led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financing
#J-18808-Ljbffr