Harness
Principal Software Engineer
U.S · Principal
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About the role
- Work in an agile environment, using iterative development cycles and a short customer feedback loop
- Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment.
- Work alongside Site Reliability Engineers/DevOps and cross functional teams to deploy software or diagnose/troubleshoot any production related issues
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy and maintain critical software in a fast-paced quality conscious Java environment.
- Author software functional specifications and design documents for features developed.
- Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
- Design and implementation of scalable backend software solutions
- Perform peer reviews of specifications, design, and code
- This is a product that engineers build for engineers, where you'll see your work directly impact how thousands of developers build software.
- A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
- Ready to Build Something Engineers Love.
- 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
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products, and backend services using Java
- Experience with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL
Nice to have
- Experience with SQL query tuning, performance optimizations is a plus
- Experience with search frameworks like Elasticsearch, SOLR is a plus
- Experience with applications hosted on AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus
- Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD processes is a plus
Skills
- Harness Software Engineering Insights (SEI) is where engineering meets engineering intelligence.
- Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
Compensation
- $204,000 - $255,000 USD
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
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.
- As part of this team, you'll work on a deeply technical product that connects to 40+ developer tools like Jira and GitHub, processes millions of events, and turns raw SDLC data into actionable metrics.
- At Harness, we care about your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.
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