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Harness · 13 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer

Harness is a leading company in AI-powered software delivery, founded by technologist Jyoti Bansal. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain critical software in a Java environment, working on a product that connects to multiple developer tools and processes vast amounts of data.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer ToolsDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
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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

JavaDistributed applicationsRelational databasesSQL query tuningElasticsearchAWS/Azure/GCPDockerCI/CD processesShort release cyclesProblem solving

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

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 provides a software delivery platform that helps engineering teams build, deploy, and operate applications through a set of tools.

H1B Sponsorship

Harness has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (29)
2024 (22)
2023 (10)
2022 (36)
2021 (6)
2020 (21)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$775M
Key Investors
Goldman SachsSilicon Valley BankNorwest
2025-12-11Series E· $200M
2025-12-11Secondary Market
2024-05-14Debt Financing· $150M

Leadership Team

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Jyoti Bansal
CEO & Co-Founder
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Ravitej Yadalam
Senior Director of Product Management
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