Software Engineering Manager

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers' pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.
 
Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We're backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary

Harness is on the lookout for a dynamic Software Engineering Manager to spearhead our Billing & Licensing initiatives within the Platform Engineering Organization. This is not just another role—it's an opportunity to build something truly transformative from the ground up.

You'll be leading a distributed team across multiple geographies, tackling a greenfield project designed to process millions of events daily while delivering a seamless, AWS-like billing experience for our customers.

We're searching for a leader who's not only seasoned in backend development (Java) but also eager to roll up their sleeves and stay hands-on with platform-level coding. The right person thrives in fast-paced startup environments, thrives in ambiguity, and has a proven ability to turn big challenges into tangible outcomes.

If you bring high energy, a passion for innovation, and a commitment to delivering world-class customer experiences, this role is your chance to shape the future of how enterprises experience billing at scale.

About the role

• We're building the future of Billing & Licensing at scale—and we want you at the helm. As an Engineering Manager, you won't just manage projects; you'll shape the core architecture of a platform designed to handle millions of events with sub-second response times. This is about building mission-critical infrastructure that rivals the scale and sophistication of world-class platforms like AWS.
• You'll work side by side with brilliant engineers and architects, making key technology decisions that power multi-tenant, high-concurrency, low-latency, and secure data access. You'll own the entire stack—architecture, development, deployment, sustainability, and production operations—and ensure it performs at its peak.
• As a technical leader, you'll drive code quality, performance, and best practices, ensuring every line of code is reliable, scalable, and production-ready. Beyond execution, you'll define and evolve the technical vision, build roadmaps that anticipate the future, and inspire your teams to push boundaries.
• This isn't just about running a team—it's about building a platform that defines how enterprises experience billing at scale.

About you

• Proven Leader: 3+ years leading high-performing engineering teams, balancing technical depth with people leadership.
• Builder's Mindset: 5+ years building SaaS applications in backend (Java/Go) roles, with a passion for hands-on architecture and coding.
• Organization Builder: A track record of assembling and scaling world-class engineering orgs.
• Global Collaborator: Comfortable leading teams and working with customers across time zones.
• Customer-Obsessed: You've directly influenced customer satisfaction and know what it takes to deliver mission-critical, customer-facing software.
• Performance-Driven: Skilled in building data-intensive, low-latency systems that deliver seamless user experiences.
• Battle-Tested: Strong command of managing production incidents and leading effective on-call rotations.
• Technically Grounded: BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Harness in the news:

• Harness AI Tackles Software Development's 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

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. 

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 Commission's website ), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

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