Staff Software Engineer, SCS Platform — Secure DevOps

Split Software; Mountain View (CA); On-site; Full time

Job description

Position Summary

Harness Supply Chain Security (SCS) module protects every stage of the software delivery lifecycle by securing builds, artifacts, and dependencies from source to deployment. It provides end-to-end visibility, policy enforcement, and real-time risk detection to help engineering teams ensure software integrity, prevent tampering, and comply with evolving supply chain security standards. As part of this team, you’ll work on a fast‑growing product that integrates with the broader Harness platform to unify software delivery and developer tooling under one seamless experience. This is a high‑impact team solving real pain points for modern DevOps and platform engineering teams.

About the Role

• Design, develop, and maintain critical software of scalable platform in fast‑paced environment
• Authors software functional specifications and design documents
• Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
• Establish the best practices in area of quality, performance & architecture inside the team
• Mentors Software Engineers & Senior Software Engineers and provide technical leadership to them
• Performs peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code
• Identifies the technical debt & scaling issues in the base code and drives the improvement
• Works alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross‑functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot any production performance related issues
• We work in Java, Golang, and Python. Our systems are built on top of Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, ELK, TimescaleDB, GCP – Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud Composer, AI Platform

About You

• A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
• 7-11 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java and Golang
• Designing/developing REST, GRPC and GraphQL APIs
• Working knowledge of SQL and No‑SQL database technologies
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Experience in SAAS platform development with scale
• Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
• Bachelors in Computer Science, Advanced degree preferred, or equivalent professional experience

Joining the SCS team means you’ll work on a high‑impact product at the heart of modern DevOps, solving complex engineering challenges at scale. You'll be surrounded by passionate technologists, move fast, and see your work directly improve the lives of developers around the world—all while growing your career in one of the most ambitious engineering environments in the industry.

Work Location

Mountain View, CA

What You Will Have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• 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 reimbursement
• Commuter benefits

Hiring Range For This Position Is $150,000 - $226,000.

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.

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

Pay transparency: $150,000 – $226,000 USD

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