Principal Product Manager Continuous Integration and Code

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal founder of AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). The company has raised $240M in Series E venture funding is valued at $5.5B and backed by top investors including Goldman Sachs Menlo Ventures IVP Google Ventures J.P. Morgan Capital One Ventures Citi Ventures ServiceNow Splunk Ventures and more. Harness is building the industrys leading AI-powered software delivery platform enabling teams worldwide to build test and deliver software faster safer and more reliably. Writing code is only 3040% of the engineering lifecycle the rest involves testing deployments security compliance and optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this outer loop turning complex time-consuming workflows into streamlined processes at massive global scale.

The platform includes industry leading products inCI/CD Feature Flags Cloud Cost Management Service Reliability Chaos Engineering Software Engineering Insights Internal Developer Experience and API discovery observability governance and runtime protection. Over the past year Harness powered 128M deployments 81M builds 1.2T API calls protected and $1.9B in cloud spend optimized helping customers like United Airlines and Choice Hotels accelerate releases by up to 75% and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. With employees in over 25 countries Harness is shaping the future of AI-driven software delivery and were looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

Harness is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead strategic initiatives within our Continuous Integration (CI) and Code products.

This is a hands-on deeply technical PM role for someone who lives and breathes developer experience. Youve written code worked with Git debugged pipelines and felt the pain of slow builds flaky tests and broken caching. Youll partner closely with engineering design and customers to deliver developer-first intelligent CI experiences that dramatically improve build speed reliability and cost efficiency.

• Define and own the strategic roadmap for key areas of Harness CI - from build performance and cloud infrastructure to test intelligence and developer productivity.
• Partner deeply with engineering to define requirements validate technical feasibility and drive timely high-quality releases.
• Engage directly with customers to understand developer workflows pain points and emerging trends in CI/CD.
• Translate data and insights into clear priorities balancing near-term delivery with long-term innovation around performance efficiency and intelligence.
• Drive execution with urgency anticipating blockers and proactively unblocking dependencies across multiple teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with GTM Developer Relations and Marketing to drive adoption and create technical content that resonates with developers.
• Mentor and influence across teams raising the bar for technical product rigor roadmap clarity and decision velocity.
• Represent Harness externally in customer meetings webinars and industry events showcasing how Harness is redefining modern CI/CD.

• Developer at heart fluent in Git build tools and CI/CD workflows. Youve written code built pipelines and understand what frustrates or delights developers.
• Execution-driven you move fast simplify complexity and get things done. You bias toward iteration over analysis paralysis.
• Customer-obsessed you think in user problems not feature lists. You validate through feedback and usage data not intuition alone.
• Comfortable with ambiguity you can operate with limited context set direction and rally teams in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Strong communicator you distill technical depth into crisp narratives that drive clarity and alignment across teams.
• Builder mindset you thrive on solving developer problems and shaping the future of how software is delivered.
• AI-forward youre passionate about applying machine learning and automation to make CI pipelines faster smarter and more autonomous - and you see AI as a tool to amplify both developer and product workflows.
• Startup experience is a strong plus youre energized by velocity lean teams and hands-on execution and you know how to turn constraints into momentum.

Qualifications

• BSc or higher in Computer Science or related technical field.
  
• 7 years total experience including:
• 3 years in software development or engineering.
• 4 years in product management for developer tools DevOps or CI/CD products.
• Deep understanding of modern CI/CD pipelines and build/test systems.
• Hands-on familiarity with technologies like Jenkins GitHub Actions Bazel Gradle Kubernetes Docker AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Experience or curiosity in AI/ML applications for developer productivity (e.g. build/test intelligence predictive optimization).
• Proven track record of shipping complex high-quality products quickly with measurable business and developer impact.
• Strong data-driven decision-making and analytical skills.

Work Location

• Remote from within the U.S or Hybrid if you work near one of our offices.

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 between $212000 and 240000annually. 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 across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include 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