Staff Software Engineer, SCS Platform & Security

Armory

Mountain View (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 226,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Flexible Spending Account
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Time Off
Parental Leave
TGIF-Off / 4 days
Team events
Internet reimbursement
Commuter benefits

Job summary

Mosaic.tech in Mountain View, CA is hiring a senior software engineer to design, develop, and maintain the SCS platform on a scalable, distributed system. You will work with Java, Golang, and Python and contribute to end-to-end software integrity across builds and deployments.

We seek 7–11 years of experience building scalable applications, strong API design skills (REST/GRPC/GraphQL), and a solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and cloud services.

Qualifications

  • 7–11 years of experience building scalable distributed applications in Java and Golang.
  • Experience designing REST, GRPC and GraphQL APIs.
  • Strong SQL and NoSQL database knowledge.
  • Solid data structures, algorithms and debugging skills.
  • SAAS platform development experience at scale.
  • Cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) familiarity is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain scalable platform software in a fast-paced environment.
  • Author specifications and design documents for software components.
  • Own key system pieces and ensure delivered quality.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues.
  • Set best practices for quality, performance and architecture.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.
  • Review specifications, designs and code; identify technical debt and scaling issues.

Skills

Java
Golang
REST API
GraphQL
GRPC
SQL
NoSQL
Distributed systems
SAAS
Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science
Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
MongoDB
ELK
TimescaleDB
GCP
AWS
Azure

Job description

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness 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. Harness 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 Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness 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, Harness 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, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

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, develops 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
  • Establishes 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 basecode 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


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

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