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Harness.io

Principal Software Engineer - Platform

Harness.io, Mountain View, California, us, 94039


The Harness Engineering team is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead complex cross platform initiatives and lead technical projects across geographies. Principal Engineers are recognized experts in Harness’ technology domain, and represent the senior technical leadership within their organization. Principal Engineers carry the responsibility of steering the course for their organizational segment, partnering with senior leadership, prioritizing initiatives to achieve a range of objectives.

Principal Engineers at HarnessPoses a careful blend of domain specific engineering expertise and world class technical leadership. There are a number of competencies that a Principal Engineer must display.

Technical Competencies

In depth tactical knowledge of the domain, yet broad experience and skill sets

Domain and product expert when representing harness with customers and internal teams alike.

Seamlessly include, promote and balance cross functional inputs from Product, Design, Enablement

Break down complex technical requirements to motivate and lead cross-functional teams

Consider the execution needed today, into the future, make investments aligned with broader impact

Leadership Competencies

Demonstrable experience in executing on one, or multiple roadmap through working with others, finding the ROI in organized efforts

Subject matter and domain expertise applied to develop others internal and external to Harness

In depth understanding of product features and roadmaps, how customers engage with the product in your space

Clear displays of improving execution via process optimization, or other means

Natural advisor to leadership on resourcing constraints, efficiencies.

Practice and evangelize Harness core values

Participate and contribute to Architecture Committees, Hiring Committees, and others that are formed to solve issues across the org, and company

Responsibilities

Coordinates and proposes collaborative efforts across multiple teams in engineering, guiding team members to make well-informed decisions that align with the strategic plans of the respective sub-department.

Proactively seeks to prevent redundant efforts, taking existing assets and hardening them for broad re-usability

Apply your expertise in a mentorship capacity, to others in the organization. Champion a culture of improvement.

Participate in resource planning, project mapping, and success criteria for large engineering initiatives

Responds swiftly to the needs of today. Plan diligently for the needs of tomorrow

Solve the most difficult technical problems at Harness.

Interfaces with senior engineering leadership on project deliverables and planning. Create visibility and presents to executives when needed

Lead and inspire innovation at the highest order across Harness’ portfolio of products and services

Propose POCs and optimizations regularly

Align the goals of module sub-teams with the overall goals of Harness Engineering

Gather escalations from your project team, remove blockers, enable your project team, broker solutions with cross functional engineering leadership

Represent your project to external customers, partners or other stakeholders.

You are the Harness SME for most, if not all domains in your area of expertise

Requirements

10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

Knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms

Deep hands-on technical expertise in at least one major technical area: Modern Software Delivery, building complex distributed systems

Demonstrable experience in advanced Java, Golang, or comparable programing languages.

Depth of experience in distributed systems

Advanced Computer Science degree, or equivalent experience.

Work LocationThis position is a hybrid role that will require the person to work from our Mountain View Office 3 days a week.

What you will have at Harness

Competitive salary

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Flexible work schedule

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave

Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events

Monthly internet reimbursement

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $220,000 - $250,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

https://www.harness.io/company/careers .

Pay transparency

$220,000—$250,000 USD

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