Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Java/Golang & AI Delivery

Harness; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Healthcare benefits

Flexible schedule

TGIF-Off / 4 days quarterly

Job summary

Harness is seeking a skilled software engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services in a fast-paced environment. You will own key components, diagnose complex issues, and collaborate with SRE/DevOps to ensure reliability.

The role emphasizes Java/Golang expertise, SQL tuning, and cloud familiarity across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The candidate thrives in short release cycles, values code quality, and contributes to a high-growth startup culture with competitive compensation and

Qualifications

• Experience building highly scalable, distributed backend services.
• Strong understanding of Java and Golang in production systems.
• Experience with relational DBs and SQL performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable backend software in a fast-paced environment.
• Own key components, ensuring quality and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Site Reliability/DevOps and cross-functional teams to troubleshoot production issues.

Skills

Java

Golang

Relational databases

Cursor

Copilot

Claude

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

GCP

Tools

Elasticsearch

SOLR

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Harness is seeking a skilled software engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services in a fast-paced environment. You will own key components, diagnose complex issues, and collaborate with SRE/DevOps to ensure reliability.

The role emphasizes Java/Golang expertise, SQL tuning, and cloud familiarity across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The candidate thrives in short release cycles, values code quality, and contributes to a high-growth startup culture with competitive compensation and