Senior Director, Engineering
Senior Director, Engineering
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$ 225000 - 250000
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Position Summary
Join Harness a high-growth startup transforming how software is delivered. Our mission is to help 30 million developers ship code faster more securely and with greater reliabilityfueling innovation and improving the developer experience. Backed by $425M in funding and led by AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal were recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms and consistently ranked on Glassdoor Forbes Inc. and LinkedIns top workplace lists.
Our CI platform is the fastest and most intelligent on the marketcutting test cycles by 80% and accelerating builds up to 8x with features like AI-powered Test Intelligence. Customers like United Airlines and Kajabi have seen massive gains in speed and cost savings by adopting Harness CI. This is your chance to drive innovation in a product line thats reshaping how modern engineering teams build software.
Were looking for a Senior Director of Engineering to lead our CI businessa high revenue line poised for 4x growth. This is a hands-on high-impact leadership role combining product ownership architectural oversight and close customer collaboration. Youll define the long-term vision deliver against strategic outcomes and orchestrate engineering excellence across a globally distributed team.
About The Role
As the Senior Director of Engineering for Continuous Integration youll own the vision execution and technical direction of a critical $25M product line. Youll split your time between technology leadership (40%) product and roadmap ownership (30%) and communication and collaboration (30%)interfacing across executive leadership customers and cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for Harness CI grounded in market trends and customer value.
- Make high-impact decisions in ambiguous cross-functional environments that shape company direction.
- Partner directly with customers to inform roadmap priorities manage escalations and ensure adoption success.
- Lead delivery of cutting-edge CI features including AI Test Intelligence smart caching and hyper-optimized infrastructure.
Drive security and compliance enhancements such as SLSA L3 scanner integrations and automated vulnerability triage. - Ensure deep integration of Harness CI across the SDLC supporting any SCM language or platform.
- Hire grow and lead globally distributed engineering teams; foster a high-performance feedback-driven culture.
- Provide hands-on architectural leadership in areas like Kubernetes Serverless and policy-based pipeline governance.
- Modernize backend systems with a focus on distributed systems Go and GCP.
- Continuously improve internal processes cross-team collaboration and technical scalability across the org.
About You
Were looking for a seasoned technology leader with a startup mindset and deep technical rootssomeone who approaches challenges like a product engineer and thrives in complexity.
Required Experience & Qualifications:
- 10 years of backend software development experience; 6 years leading high-performing engineering or DevOps teams.
- Proven success building and scaling orgs in fast-paced high-growth environments.
- Strong track record in the software delivery/lifecycle domain with hands-on architectural and design leadership.
- Expertise in building high-throughput platforms scalable APIs and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with GCP Go and Kubernetes; strong grasp of the Google cloud-native ecosystem.
- Clear communicator and collaborator across teams executives and customers.
- Organized action-oriented leader who can navigate complexity while driving results and team health.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Work Location
SF Bay Area Hybrid
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
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $225000 - $250000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location level relevant experience and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. The compensation package for this position also includes a commission/variable component which is based on performance plus equity and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required
Harness in the news:
- Harness AI Tackles Software Developments Real Bottleneck
- After Vibe Coding Comes Vibe Testing (Almost)
- Startup Within a Startup: Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness)
- Jyoti Bansal Harness theCUBEd Awards
- Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger
- Harness snags as it goes all in on feature flags and experiments
- Exclusive: Jyoti Bansal-led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financing
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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Please note we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat text or social media and any email communications will come from the domain @. Additionally Harness will never ask for any payment fee to be paid or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.
If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commissions website ( or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
