Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a high-impact component at a rapidly growing startup. In this role, you will focus on the Harness Cloud infrastructure, which serves as the foundation for various Harness products. You will be responsible for architecting, scaling, and securing the cloud platform that fuels Harness's Continuous Integration (CI), Security Testing Orchestration (STO), Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Cloud Developer Environments (CDE), and other essential products.

Key Responsibilities

Lead efforts to scale and secure the Harness Cloud platform, including lifecycle management of a large fleet of bare-metal and Virtual Machines
Design, develop, and maintain critical cloud infrastructure components in a fast-paced, quality-conscious environment. Our technology stack is built on Golang, Java, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Redis, etc.
Author technical specifications and architecture documents
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems across distributed infrastructure
Perform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code
Work alongside Cloud Engineers and cross-functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot production issues

About You

6+ years of experience with Java, GoLang, and Kubernetes
Experience with cloud providers such as GCP or AWS
Strong background in distributed systems architecture and implementation
Experience with VM/Container orchestration technologies such as Nomad
Experience in as many of the following areas:
- Building and operating containerized applications at scale (K8s, Docker)
- Working with MongoDB and Redis, including indexing and query optimization
- Cloud infrastructure automation and orchestration
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or professional experience; advanced degree is a plus

Work Location

Mountain View, CA - Hybrid (3x / week onsite)

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

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $175,000 - $225,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers.

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

Pay transparency

$175,000—$225,000 USD

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

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

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