Principal Engineer - Harness Cloud Backend
Principal Engineer - Harness Cloud Backend
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Job Description
Position Summary
This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a high-impact component at a rapidly growing startup. In this role you will focus on the Harness Cloud infrastructure which serves as the foundation for various Harness products. You will be responsible for architecting scaling and securing the cloud platform that fuels Harnesss Continuous Integration (CI) Security Testing Orchestration (STO) Infrastructure as Code (IAC) Cloud Developer Environments (CDE) and other essential products.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead efforts to scale and secure the Harness Cloud platform including lifecycle management of a large fleet of bare-metal and Virtual Machines
- Design develop and maintain critical cloud infrastructure components in a fast-paced quality-conscious environment. Our technology stack is built on Golang Java Kubernetes MongoDB Redis etc.
- Author technical specifications and architecture documents
- Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems across distributed infrastructure
- Perform peer reviews of specifications designs and code
- Work alongside Cloud Engineers and cross-functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot production issues
About You
- 10 years of experience with Java GoLang and Kubernetes
- Experience with cloud providers such as GCP or AWS
- Strong background in distributed systems architecture and implementation
- Experience with VM/Container orchestration technologies such as Nomad
- Experience in as many of the following areas:
- Building and operating containerized applications at scale (K8s Docker)
- Working with MongoDB and Redis including indexing and query optimization
- Cloud infrastructure automation and orchestration
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or professional experience; advanced degree is a plus
Work Location
- Mountain View CA - Hybrid (3x / week onsite)
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
Harness in the news:
- Harness Grabs a $150m Line of Credit
- Welcome Split!
- SF Business TimesFastest-Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area
- Forbes - 2024 Americas Best Startup Employers
- SF Business Times - 2024 Fastest Growing Private Companies Awards
- Fast Co -Best Workplaces for Innovators
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex or national origin.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
