Staff Software Engineer - AI Assistant

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 We're thrilled to invite passionate backend engineers to join our dynamic product team within the AI Developer Assistant product division. As we continue to expand our cutting-edge Generative AI and machine learning product, your role will be pivotal in driving its growth and evolution. Join us in shaping the future of AI-driven innovation in software delivery, where endless opportunities for professional development and impact await. You’ll join the AI QA Assistant engineering team, focusing on end-to-end testing of web applications. The team is developing a Generative AI-powered agent that uses natural language to automate key aspects of developers’ daily tasks. This agent will generate test cases, write and maintain automation tests, and significantly reduce the burden on developers, managers, and QA teams. Key Responsibilities Driving end to end, design and implementation of features Design, develop, and maintain integrations with multiple AI and cloud systems like Google Vertex AI, Azure, AWS and OpenAI Build Gen AI based Agentic architecture for a first class AI enabled user experience Use Prompt engineering techniques to leverage the best LLM models Collaborate with product management, engineering teams and Machine learning engineers for requirements through to delivery Design and implement scalable AI services About You 6+ years of experience developing backend systems 6+ years of experience in Python with some knowledge of JavaScript (preferably Typescript) Experience in RestAPIs, RPC, Deploying services Experience in data modeling using NoSQL systems like MongoDB or SQL systems like MySQL, Postgres, etc. Bachelor's degree, CS preferred, or equivalent professional experience Experience working AWS to build scalable applications Preference for candidates with experience in: Building Code Generation products using LLMs Knowledge of browser automation tools such as Puppeteer Work Location Bangalore - Hybrid What You Will Have at Harness Experience building a transformative product End-to-end ownership of your projects Competitive salary Comprehensive healthcare benefit Flexible work schedule Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days Paid Time Off and Parental Leave Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events Monthly internet reimbursement Harness in the news: Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code Goldman Sachs leads investment in so ... (truncated, view full listing at source)