Harness
Software Delivery Platform
StaffSoftwareEngineer(AppSec)
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“Staff Software Engineer (AppSec) at Harness. Skills: AppSec, Software delivery, AI. Architect software. Design software”
Industry & Context.
Diagnose problems; Troubleshoot problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7-12 years experience developing scalable applications, Designing/developing REST APIs, Designing/developing gRPC APIs, Designing/developing GraphQL APIs, Experience building large-scale data processing systems, Experience operating large-scale data processing systems, Solid foundation in data structures, Solid foundation in algorithms, Solid foundation in software design, Analytical skills, Debugging skills, Experience in SAAS platform development, Experience with scale, B. Tech. / B. E. / MTech. / M. S. in Computer Science
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Hands-on experience with Kafka
What You'll Do.
Deliver high-quality software
Develop critical software
Maintain critical software
Author software functional specifications
Author design documents
Understand complex systems
Own key system pieces
Own delivered quality
Diagnose complex problems
Troubleshoot complex problems
Establish best practices
Mentor Software Engineers
Mentor Senior Software Engineers
Provide technical leadership
Review specifications
Identify technical debt
Identify scaling issues
Collaborate with Data Science teams
Collaborate with ML teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Data Science teams; ML teams
Process & Methodology
Agile, Iterative development
Full Job Description
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 26 offices and 27 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 a Staff Engineer in a high-growth, high-potential startup. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software that has a direct impact on the company's product experience and growth. Key Responsibilities Design, develops and maintain critical software of scalable platform in fast paced environment Authors software functional specifications and design
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