Staff/Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Engineering

harnessinc; United States; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site or hybrid work

Salary range disclosed: $200,000-$250,

Mountain View or San Francisco work

Compensation range: $200k-$250k USD

Job summary

Harness Inc. in the United States is seeking a staff-level cloud platform engineer based in Mountain View or San Francisco to design, build, and operate reliable cloud systems that support a large software delivery platform.

The role emphasizes SRE practices, Kubernetes, Helm, IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation, and security/compliance work (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS), with collaboration across product and operations teams and mentoring teammates.

Qualifications

• Strong coding background in Python or Go.
• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes and cloud platforms.
• Familiar with CI/CD tooling and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across major providers.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Apply SRE practices for reliability, monitoring, and incident response.
• Plan capacity and forecast demand to scale systems.
• Deploy and operate applications on Kubernetes using Helm.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines automating delivery.
• Implement security best practices and support compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS).
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and operations while mentoring teammates.

Skills

Python

Go

Git

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Job description

Role overview

This is a staff-level cloud platform engineering role combining cloud infrastructure design with site reliability engineering responsibilities. The position focuses on building, scaling, and operating reliable cloud systems that support a large software delivery platform. The role is based in Mountain View or San Francisco, with a disclosed pay range of $200,000 to $250,000 USD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure across at least one major provider such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable tooling.
• Implement SRE practices for reliability, availability, and performance, including monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Perform capacity planning and demand forecasting to keep systems scalable under changing load.
• Deploy and operate applications on Kubernetes, using Helm for packaging and lifecycle management.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate delivery of applications and infrastructure changes.
• Implement security best practices, run audits, and support compliance efforts such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and operations while mentoring teammates on cloud and SRE practices.

Requirements

• Strong coding background in languages such as Python or Go, with fluency in Git-based version control.
• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes, Helm, and at least one major cloud platform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or comparable systems.
• Understanding of security best practices for cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong written and verbal communication.

Nice to have

• Experience with compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2, or PCI DSS.
• Background mentoring engineers and driving cross-team technical initiatives.
• Prior work scaling a multi-tenant SaaS platform under heavy load.

Benefits and work setup

• On-site or hybrid work in Mountain View or San Francisco.
• Disclosed compensation range of $200,000 to $250,000 USD.