Harness
Staff Software Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States · Staff+
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$3,317 more — $153,317 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $153,317 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Bakersfield-Delano, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
- Establishes the best practices in area of quality, performance & architecture inside the team
- Mentors Software Engineers & Senior Software Engineers and provide technical leadership to them
Responsibilities
- Design, develops 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
- A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
- Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
- Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success
- 7-11 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java and Golang
- Designing/developing REST, GRPC and GraphQL APIs
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
- Power Partner list for software delivery success
Requirements
- Working knowledge of SQL and No-SQL database technologies
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus.
- Bachelors in Computer Science, Advanced degree preferred, or equivalent professional experience
Skills
- Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud composer, AI Platform
Compensation
- $150,000 - $226,000 USD
- Competitive salary
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
Benefits
- Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
- Monthly internet reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
Company info
- 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.
- At Harness, we care about your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.
- Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
This listing is sourced directly from Harness's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.