Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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 14 offices and 25 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 This is an amazing opportunity to be an engineer in a high-growth, high-potential startup. In this role, you will be part of the Platform team and responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software that has a direct impact on the company's product About the Role Design and implement scalable platform features Author software functional specifications and design documents Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality Design and implement scalable algorithms Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment Perform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code Work 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, TimescaleDB, GCP - Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud composer, AI Platform About You 4 - 6 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java or similar languages Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus. Foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills Comfort in working in short, agile, iterative development cycles Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality Proficient in software development using CICD Pipelines and git. Working knowledge of SQL /No-SQL and database technologies Experience in SAAS platform development with scale Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience Work Location Mountain View, CA - Hybrid 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 $145,000.00 - $182,000.00 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. The compensation pac ... (truncated, view full listing at source)