Work from Office environment with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite Five days a week.
Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.
- Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
- Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
- Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
About the Role
We are looking for a Tech Lead to provide technical leadership for our Obserability Team. You will own technical direction, drive platform improvements, establish engineering standards, and work with teams across the organization to deliver reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
What You Will Do
- Own the technical architecture, design for platform and observability capabilities.
- Ability to lead technical discussions and decide on the future course of action.
- Be the first to start discussions and not waiting.
- Ability to execute tasks independent with minimal super vision.
- Proactive in driving an ideal technical solution and culture with in the team.
- Define and maintain platform standards, governance, access models, tagging, monitoring, and usage guidelines.
- Working with the Customers to solve their issues and provide the best possible solution.
- Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code, using tools such as Terraform, to enable scalable and consistent platform provisioning.
- Drive platform cost and usage optimization, including budgeting, consumption monitoring, and chargeback/showback where applicable.
- Improve reliability, monitoring, alerting, and operational processes across the platform.
- Provide technical guidance through architecture/design reviews, technical decisions, and troubleshooting of complex issues.
- Mentor engineers and promote strong engineering practices across the team.
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, security, finance, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver platform solutions.
- Participate in code & doc reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of platform solutions.
What You Need to Be Successful
- Hands-on experience with Datadog or similar observability platforms.
- Strong knowledge of Terraform / Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD.
- Strong experience in DevOps, platform engineering, AWS Cloud.
- Hands On experience on the Safe Agile framework.
- Strong Knowledge on Different Obserability technologies such as CI, Infrastructure, APM, RUM and log monitoring.
What Makes You Eligible
- Strong Knowledge on GitLab CI and Design of GitLab pipelines.
- Willingness to work on adopting way of working with the team on topics such as product exploration and Innovation.
- Hands on Basic knowledge on Python.
- Experience designing and implementing scalable platform solutions and governance models.
- Good understanding of cloud infrastructure, monitoring, security, access management, and cost optimization.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across team.
- Good at documenting the features and capabilities.
- Good problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
What We Offer
- Work from Office environment with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite Five days a week.
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools
- Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance through BeBrilliant
- Chance to work with a renowned German OEM
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Skills Required
- Proficiency in C++ (C++11/C++14/C++17)
- Experience with Linux development environment
- Knowledge of middleware technologies (D-Bus, IPC, message queues)
- 3-6 years developing and maintaining complex middleware solutions
- Understanding of system integration, testing, and validation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to debug complex issues using tools like gdb
- Ability to provide technical guidance and support to junior team members
- Willingness to work in office five days per week
- Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- Knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, MQTT)
- Experience with version control systems (Git, SVN)
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Familiarity with DevOps tools (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes)
Harman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harman and has not been reviewed or approved by Harman.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision plans, with HSAs/FSAs and disability or life insurance also referenced. Wellbeing support such as EAP access and onsite occupational health services is also part of the package in some regions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits include employee product discounts and region-specific perks like free fruit deliveries, Cycle to Work schemes, and meal coupons or allowances. Flexible schedules and work-from-home options are also part of the overall offering where roles and projects allow.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is repeatedly characterized as solid or market-aligned for many roles, with salary payments described as consistent and on time. Compensation is also tied to performance in some accounts, reinforcing a perception of basic fairness for a portion of employees.
Harman Insights
What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
