Job Description

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.

What You'll Do

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Build & Architect

Design and implement next-generation CI/CD systems using cutting-edge technology and industry best practices Develop scalable automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure for distributed engineering teams Create custom scripts and automation solutions using modern testing and deployment tools Establish and maintain SLAs for engineering tools and infrastructure systems
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Lead & Influence

Collaborate with engineers globally to identify and solve build, deployment, and quality challenges Drive adoption of automation best practices and quality-first methodologies across engineering teams Evangelize quality from a customer perspective, educating teams on effective testing strategies Mentor engineers and promote automation framework adoption throughout the organization
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Optimize & Innovate

Generate actionable metrics to measure and improve infrastructure tool performance and engineering productivity Identify and implement test automation strategies aligned with product and platform quality requirements Research and recommend emerging technologies for dev/ops/quality engineering advancement Challenge existing solutions and drive continuous improvement initiatives

What We're Looking For

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Technical Expertise

Extensive Experience

: 10+ years of progressive experience in tools development and/or building automation infrastructure, with a strong focus on on-premise and SaaS solutions.

CI/CD Mastery

: Deep hands-on experience building and maintaining CI systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab) and familiarity with automation frameworks and tools (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, Selenium,PyTest).

Technical Acumen

: Strong experience working with REST/GraphQL/gRPC-based microservices running on Kubernetes.

Programming Prowess

: Excellent programming and code review knowledge, preferably in

Python and Java

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Cloud Savvy

: Ability to build solutions on cloud infrastructure.

SCM Expertise

: Proficient with distributed SCM tools like Git.

Agile Mindset

: Experience working in an Agile/Scrum methodology.

Security Domain (Highly Preferred)

: Prior experience in security product development or testing.

Big Picture

: Understanding of software architecture, system relationships, and complex technology integration
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Leadership Qualities

Quality advocate

with strong opinions on testing best practices and methodologies

Natural mentor

who can educate and influence without formal authority

Strategic thinker

comfortable with complex, multi-technology challenges

Results-driven

with ability to follow through on commitments and deliverables

Personal Characteristics

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Highly responsive and communicative

with a sense of urgency

Tenacious problem-solver

who responds to challenges with innovation

Accountable leader

who influences and empowers engineering teams

Diplomatic yet persuasive

with ability to appropriately push back when needed

Resilient and disciplined

during periods of adversity or complex technical challenges

Passionate about automation

and improving customer experience through quality

Requirements

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Bachelor's degree

in Computer Science or related field, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Technical leadership experience

across multiple technology domains

Strong communication skills

for technical presentations and cross-functional

Work Location

Bangalore. The successful candidate will be expected to be in the Bangalore office 3x/ week.

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:

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

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

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