Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.
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.
Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.
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.
Software Engineering Manager -Delegate (Agent) (Orchestration Platform on customer infra)
Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle. 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.
Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.
With a global team across 14 offices and 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.
The Delegate Agent is a mission-critical platform component being re-architected to become the single, high-throughput orchestrator for the entire Harness ecosystem. Champions technical excellence and modernize a core distributed system, managing a team of high-performing engineers while balancing high-stakes customer escalations and production
incidents.
About the Role
● Harness is a market leader in DevOps, constantly innovating to deliver cutting-edge features and expand into new deployment areas. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing this vision—staying closely aligned with our customers, building features that attract new users, and expanding adoption across our existing customer base.
● You’ll collaborate with exceptional engineers and architects, driving key technology decisions that power the world-class features distinguishing our product from the competition.
● As a technical leader, you’ll champion code quality, performance, and best practices—ensuring that every line of code is robust, scalable, and production-ready. Beyond execution, you’ll shape and evolve our technical vision, define forward-looking roadmaps, and inspire your team to innovate and push boundaries.
● This role isn’t just about managing a team—it’s about building a world-class product that strengthens our position as a leader in the DevOps market.
About you
● Proven Leader: Engineering Manager with 2–4 years of leadership experience, with a proven track record of handling critical production systems and escalations.
● Builder’s Mindset: Deep foundational knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency models, and enterprise-grade architecture. 5+ years building SaaS applications in
backend (Java/Go) roles, with a passion for hands-on architecture and coding. Mastery of Kubernetes and containerized orchestration is a major plus.
● 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 multi-tenant SAAS platforms that deliver seamless user experiences.
● Execution: Ability to champion high engineering standards (testing, CI/CD, code quality) while remaining agile and delivery-focused
● Battle-Tested: Strong command of managing production incidents and leading effective on-call rotations.
● Strong knowledge of monitoring, alerting, logging and Performance optimization in large-scale systems.
● Hands-on experience in various Cloud Platforms or Kubernetes is highly desirable
● Technically Grounded: BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Work Location
Bangalore - Hybrid
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.
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Skills Required
- 2-4 years of Engineering Manager or leadership experience
- 5+ years building backend SaaS applications
- Proficiency in Java or Go for backend development
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems and concurrency models
- Experience managing production incidents and on-call rotations
- Strong knowledge of monitoring, alerting, logging, and performance optimization in large-scale systems
- Proven track record assembling and scaling engineering organizations
- Experience working with customers across time zones and handling escalations
- Championing engineering standards (testing, CI/CD, code quality)
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- Mastery of Kubernetes and containerized orchestration
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms or Kubernetes (highly desirable)
Harness Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harness and has not been reviewed or approved by Harness.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles, with engineering noted as particularly strong. Feedback suggests role-level compensation details for sales are relatively visible, aiding clarity around base and OTE.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Programs like flexible PTO, parental leave, periodic company-wide Fridays off, and a dedicated Recharge & Reset benefit expand time-away options. Feedback suggests these cadence-based days help employees meaningfully disconnect.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is highlighted alongside an Employee Assistance Program and wellness initiatives. Mental health and wellbeing support complement the primary plans.
Harness Insights
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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