Staff Software Engineer

Harness; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

FSA

EAP

Flexible Time Off & Parental Leave

4-day TGIF-Off

Job summary

Harness is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and deploy critical Java backend systems. You will own key components, work within an agile team, and collaborate with SRE/DevOps to ensure reliable production services.

Ideal candidates have 8–10+ years in scalable backend development, strong SQL skills (MySQL/PostgreSQL), and familiarity with Elasticsearch/SOLR and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). Bay Area or Remote in the U.S., with travel.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience building highly scalable distributed applications and backend services in Java.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with search frameworks (Elasticsearch, SOLR) and cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Docker and CI/CD processes; strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy and maintain critical software in a fast-paced Java environment.
• Write specs and design docs for new features.
• Own key system components and ensure delivered quality.
• Collaborate with SRE/DevOps and cross-functional teams to deploy and troubleshoot production systems.

Skills

Java programming

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Debugging

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Cloud fundamentals

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

SOLR

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD tooling

Job description

the company is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). the company has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. the company brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Powered by the company AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the the company Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform.

Over the past year, the company powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.

With a global team across 26 offices and 27 countries, the company is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

Position Summarythe company Software Engineering Insights (SEI) is where engineering meets engineering intelligence. As part of this team, you’ll work on a deeply technical product that connects to 40+ developer tools like Jira and GitHub, processes millions of events, and turns raw SDLC data into actionable metrics.

This is a product that engineers build for engineers, where you’ll see your work directly impact how thousands of developers build software. Expect challenges in data modeling, systems design, developer UX, and secure cloud integrations — all to help engineers and leaders build faster, better, and smarter.

About The Role

• Design, develop, deploy and maintain critical software in a fast-paced quality conscious Java environment.
• Author software functional specifications and design documents for features developed.
• Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
• Work in an agile environment, using iterative development cycles and a short customer feedback loop
• Design and implementation of scalable backend software solutions
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment.
• Perform peer reviews of specifications, design, and code
• Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
• Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers/DevOps and cross functional teams to deploy software or diagnose/troubleshoot any production related issues

About You

• 8-10+ years of experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products, and backend services using Java
• A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
• Experience with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Experience with SQL query tuning, performance optimizations is a plus
• Experience with search frameworks like Elasticsearch, SOLR is a plus
• Experience with applications hosted on AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD processes is a plus
• Deep understanding of how distributed resilient software is built and deployed
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
• Experience working in short release cycles

Work LocationBay Area or Remote in the U.S. with periodic travel required

What You Will Have At the company

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Quarterly the company TGIF-Off / 4 days
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
• Recharge & Reset Program
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Commuter benefits

Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay rate include your specific skills, experience, qualifications, location, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to the base salary, certain roles may qualify for a performance-based incentive and/or equity, with eligibility depending on the position. These rewards are based on a combination of company performance and individual achievements.The Hiring Range For This Position Is $150,000 - $226,000.

A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required

Pay transparency

$150,000—$226,000 USD

the company in the news:

• Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
• Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup the company at $5.5 billion valuation
• How the company runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal
• the company Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare
• the company has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.