Staff Software Engineer

Harness is an AI Software Delivery Platform company led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal. Harness brings AI and automation to the “outer loop” of software delivery, helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance.

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.

With a global team across 26 offices and 27 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

Position Summary

Harness IACM (Infrastructure as Code Management) empowers engineering teams to automate, govern, and optimize their infrastructure provisioning at scale. With deep integration into CI/CD workflows, IACM orchestrates cloud resources using best-practice templates, policy-driven controls, and intelligent lifecycle management—delivering secure, compliant infrastructure with speed and reliability. Join us to help build the future of DevOps automation and unlock infrastructure innovation for some of the world’s most ambitious software teams.

About The Role

• Design, develop and maintain critical software of scalable platform in fast-paced environment
• Authors software functional specifications and design documents
• Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
• Establish best practices in area of quality, performance & architecture inside the team
• Mentor Software Engineers & Senior Software Engineers and provide technical leadership
• Perform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code
• Identify technical debt & scaling issues in the base code and drive the improvement
• Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross-functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot any production performance related issues
• Work in Java, Golang, and Python. Systems built on Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, ELK, TimescaleDB, GCP Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud Composer, AI Platform

About You

• A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
• 7+ years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java and Golang
• Designing/developing REST, GRPC and GraphQL APIs
• Working knowledge of SQL and No-SQL database technologies
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Experience in SAAS platform development with scale
• Entrepreneurial spirit, pride yourself on getting things done at high level of quality
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
• Bachelors in Computer Science, Advanced degree preferred, or equivalent professional experience

Joining the IACM team means you’ll work on a high-impact product at the heart of modern DevOps, solving complex engineering challenges at scale. You'll be surrounded by passionate technologists, move fast, and see your work directly improve the lives of developers around the world—all while growing your career in one of the most ambitious engineering environments.

Work Location

Hybrid - Belfast

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

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

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