Harness · 4 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $226K/yr
8+ years expHarness is an AI-powered software delivery platform that helps teams build, test, and deliver software more efficiently. The Staff Software Engineer will design, develop, deploy, and maintain critical software while working on a product that connects to various developer tools and processes large amounts of data.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftwareDeveloper ToolsDevOpsProductivity Tools
Responsibilities
Design, develop, deploy and maintain critical software in a fast-paced quality conscious Java environment
Author software functional specifications and design documents for features developed
Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
Work in an agile environment, using iterative development cycles and a short customer feedback loop
Design and implementation of scalable backend software solutions
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
Perform peer reviews of specifications, design, and code
Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers/DevOps and cross functional teams to deploy software or diagnose/troubleshoot any production related issues
Qualification
Required
8-10+ years of experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products, and backend services using Java
A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
Experience with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL
Deep understanding of how distributed resilient software is built and deployed
Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
Experience working in short release cycles
Design, develop, deploy and maintain critical software in a fast-paced quality conscious Java environment
Author software functional specifications and design documents for features developed
Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
Work in an agile environment, using iterative development cycles and a short customer feedback loop
Design and implementation of scalable backend software solutions
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
Perform peer reviews of specifications, design, and code
Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers/DevOps and cross functional teams to deploy software or diagnose/troubleshoot any production related issues
Preferred
Experience with SQL query tuning, performance optimizations is a plus
Experience with search frameworks like Elasticsearch, SOLR is a plus
Experience with applications hosted on AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD processes is a plus
Benefits
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
Company
Harness
Harness provides a software delivery platform that helps engineering teams build, deploy, and operate applications through a set of tools.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (10)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$775MKey Investors
Goldman SachsSilicon Valley BankNorwest
2025-12-11Series E· $200M
2025-12-11Secondary Market
2024-05-14Debt Financing· $150M
Leadership Team
Jyoti Bansal
CEO & Co-Founder
Nick Durkin
Field CTO - Global
Recent News
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