Senior Technical Content Strategist
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San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs Menlo Ventures IVP Unusual Ventures Citi Ventures and more. As AI accelerates code creation the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code testing deployments application security reliability compliance and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this outer loop helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform.
Over the past year Harness powered over 185M deployments 82M builds 18T flag evaluations 8M security scans 9.1B optimized tests 3T protected API calls and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend enabling customers like United Airlines Morningstar and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75% reduce cloud costs by up to 60% and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.
With a global team across 26 offices and 27 countries Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery and were looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.
Position Summary
Were looking for someone who understands the software delivery problem at a technical level and can translate it into clear compelling content for the audiences who care most about solving it developers engineering and security leaders and the broader tech community following where enterprise software is headed.
This role sits at the intersection of technology communication and market narrative. Youll develop a deep understanding of what Harness is building and translate that alongside whats happening across the industry into content that earns attention from a technical audience.
Reporting to the VP of Corporate Marketing this role will partner directly with the executive team at Harness and work cross-functionally with engineering product management and marketing to ensure Harnesss point of view is grounded in what were building
About the role
Youll develop content that represents Harnesss point of view substantive technical and industry commentary that reflects how practitioners actually think about software delivery AI governance security developer productivity and engineering ROI.
That means staying current on whats being published debated and shipped across the industry. Reading the Pragmatic Engineer tracking what engineering leaders are saying knowing when a DORA report or a VC thesis or a major industry announcement is something worth responding to. Then translating Harnesss actual position into words quickly before the conversation moves on.
Day to day youll monitor the news and developer conversation identify whats worth engaging with develop angles and post ideas write and refine content across LinkedIn X and other external platforms and iterate quickly based on feedback. Youll work closely with communications and marketing but operate with real ownership over the content calendar and the quality of what goes out.
This is not a traditional content role. The bar is high no fluff no generic takes no posts that read like they came from a PR template. The audience is technical and theyll know the difference
About you
- You have a technical foundation engineering degree CS background or equivalent time spent working closely with engineering teams and youve developed a strong instinct for communicating complex ideas clearly. You read widely across tech not just in your lane. You have opinions about whats happening in software development and you can defend them.
- You write well. Not marketing well actually well. Short specific direct. You know when a sentence is doing real work and when its filler.
- Youre comfortable going deep on a product to understand how it works why its built the way it is and what problems it actually solves. Youd rather understand something thoroughly than approximate it.
- You move fast take feedback without friction and have good judgment about when something is ready versus when it needs another pass.
- A background in engineering combined with an MBA or experience on the analytical or investment side of tech VC strategy research is the profile we have in mind. What matters most is the combination: technical fluency sharp writing and genuine curiosity about where enterprise software is going.
Work Location
- Hybrid from our San Francisco Office
What you will have at Harness
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Flexible work schedule
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
- Monthly quarterly and annual social and team building events
- Monthly internet reimbursement
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $150000 and $165000 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 across all US locations. 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: transparency
$150000 - $165000 USD
Harness in the news:
- Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
- Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
- How Harness runs 16 startups within a startup at scale Jyoti Bansal
- Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare
- Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex or national origin.
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About Company
Enhance DevOps with AI-driven CI/CD, feature flags, chaos engineering, and cloud cost management to secure & streamline software delivery.
