Staff Software Engineer

Position Summary

Harness Supply Chain Security (SCS) module protects every stage of the software delivery lifecycle by securing builds, artifacts, and dependencies from source to deployment. It provides end‑to‑end visibility, policy enforcement, and real‑time risk detection to help engineering teams ensure software integrity, prevent tampering, and comply with evolving supply chain security standards. As part of this team, you’ll work on a fast‑growing product that integrates with the broader Harness platform to unify software delivery and developer tooling under one seamless experience.

About the Role

Design, develop and maintain critical software of scalable platform in fast paced environment

Authors software functional specifications and design documents

Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including delivered quality

Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment

Establish best practices in area of quality, performance & architecture inside the team

Mentor Software Engineers & Senior Software Engineers and provide technical leadership to them

Perform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code

Identify technical debt & scaling issues in the basecode and drive improvement

Works alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot any production performance related issues

Work with Java, Golang, and Python. Systems built on top of Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, ELK, TimescaleDB, GCP - Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud Composer, AI Platform

About You

A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users

7-11 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java and Golang

Designing/developing REST, GRPC and GraphQL APIs

Working knowledge of SQL and No‑SQL database technologies

Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills

Experience in SAAS platform development with scale

Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality

Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Advanced degree preferred, or equivalent professional experience

Work Location

Mountain View, CA

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

Pay and Benefits

The Hiring Range For This Position Is $150,000 - $226,000. A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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

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