Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, founder of AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). The company has raised ~$570M in Series E venture funding, is valued at $5.5B, and backed by top investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Google Ventures, J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures and more. Harness is building the industry’s leading AI-powered software delivery platform, enabling teams worldwide to build, test, and deliver software faster, safer, and more reliably. Writing code is only 30–40% of the engineering lifecycle — the rest involves testing, deployments, security, compliance, and optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this outer loop, turning complex, time-consuming workflows into streamlined processes at massive global scale.
The platform includes industry leading products in CI/CD, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Service Reliability, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights, Internal Developer Experience, and API discovery, observability, governance, and runtime protection. Over the past year, Harness powered 128M deployments, 81M builds, 1.2T API calls protected, and $1.9B in cloud spend optimized, helping customers like United Airlines and Choice Hotels accelerate releases by up to 75% and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. With employees in over 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI-driven software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.
- Drive definition, development, and deployment of comprehensive automated testing strategies including functional, system, performance, stress, security, load, reliability, and longevity tests
- Define and enforce quality release criteria and establish clear Definition of Done (DoD) and Definition of Ready (DoR) standards
- Identify risks and collaborate with product development teams to prevent critical issues before production release
- Be data-driven: identify, generate, and provide quality metrics to substantiate quality improvements
- Present quality plans, testing methodologies, and results to stakeholders, building trust and confidence
- Spearhead test automation architecture, test suites, and infrastructure by understanding underlying product architecture in a cost-effective manner
- Implement state-of-the-art quality engineering methodologies to uncover potential bottlenecks in performance, defects, risks, and user experience
- Work with stakeholders to diagnose, debug, and perform root cause analysis for issues in production and test environments
- Establish and maintain processes to meet standards compliance such as SOC2/FedRamp
- Lead and grow a team of engineers working across on-premise and SaaS services
- Recruit, challenge, and reward high-performance individuals to build a high-performing organization
- Coach and mentor team members, fostering a positive culture that embraces change and drives simple solutions to complex problems
- Be a trusted partner for senior management, helping drive alignment and implementing decisions throughout your team
- Build relationships with Product Management, DevOps, SRE, Service, and Customer success teams
- Collaborate with customers and Customer Success teams to identify and resolve product issues, close testing gaps, and enhance usability
- Ensure alignment across functions and effective communication of relevant information
- Foster a culture of positive collaboration, safety to learn from failure, and continuous improvement
- Proactively provide solutions rather than just identifying problems
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in quality engineering (Automation, API/UI, CI/CD)
- Minimum 3+ years as a software quality engineering leader in a fast-paced environment supporting at least 5+ scrum teams
- At least 2 years of experience in CI/CD environment
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or related field or equivalent
- Experience with automation framework design, continuous integration, and continuous deployment best practices
- Experience with REST/gRPC/gQL API-based products and services (One or more of Postman, REST Assured, pytest)
- Knowledge of Atlassian tools, Git, Harness, or similar tools
- Thorough understanding of different testing types at scale in distributed microservice architectures
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
- Self-starter with exceptional attention to detail
- Customer focus, sense of urgency, and accountability
- Ability to manage diverse teams and collaborate with geographically distributed teams
- Keen business acumen, ability to influence without authority
- Willingness to ask questions and challenge the status quo
- Experience with open source testing tools and frameworks: JMeter, Selenium, locust
- Hands-on experience with Harness
- Spearheaded the adoption of shift-left test practices
- Cloud IaaS knowledge, especially in AWS/GCP
- Experience managing quality for enterprise customers
- Familiarity with KubeMonkey and other Chaos testing tools
- Exposure to code coverage, DAST/SAST tools such as NexusIQ, SonarQube
Work Location
- Bangalore. The successful candidate will be expected to be in the Bangalore office 3x/ week.
What You Will Have at Harness
- Experience building a transformative product
- End-to-end ownership of your projects
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive healthcare benefit
- Flexible work schedule
- Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days
- Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
- Monthly internet reimbursement
- 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.
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 @harness.io. 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 [email protected]. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.
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What We Do
Harness is a leader in AI-native software delivery, dedicated to empowering developers and engineering teams worldwide. We revolutionize how software is built, tested, deployed, and optimized by driving efficiency, reliability, and speed throughout the software development lifecycle. At Harness, we envision a world where developers focus on innovation, free from repetitive tasks, supported by tools that streamline every step.
Our platform leverages AI and automation across all key pillars of software delivery: Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Feature Flags and Experimentation, Cloud Cost Management, Security Testing, and more. By automating traditionally manual processes that slow down engineering teams, Harness enables organizations to release software faster, reduce errors, and optimize costs—all while enhancing the developer experience and flexibility.
Harness is transforming software delivery on a global scale. As a pioneer in AI-driven automation, we streamline complex development processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and empower developers to innovate freely. Our mission is ambitious: enabling millions of developers to deliver code faster, more reliably, and with greater ease than ever before.
Why Work With Us
Harness is built on a culture of growth, collaboration, and transparency, where team members are encouraged to push boundaries and solve meaningful challenges. We invest in personal and professional development, value work-life balance, and foster a supportive environment—making Harness an ideal place to make a real impact in tech.
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