Vice President, Engineering

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.Position SummaryHarness is seeking a seasoned VP of Engineering to lead and scale our high-performing, growth-minded engineering organization in the Enterprise SaaS space. In this role, you will set a strategic vision, drive technical excellence, and foster a collaborative environment to deliver meaningful value to our customers. With a deep background in software engineering and architecture, you’ll leverage your expertise to lead cross-functional teams and build strong relationships across the organization. This position requires a proven leader with experience in fast-paced, complex environments and a track record of delivering impactful results in the software lifecycle/delivery spaceAbout the roleBuild and retain a growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to go from startup to scale-up Vision & Direction: You will set the charter for your organization and understand how to deliver value to customersManagerial and interpersonal leadership: You will effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levelsInfluence: build and maintain strong relationships. Align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for HarnessDeep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you will lead with a developer mindset from your past experience, while remaining focused on leadership excellenceExercise world class cross functional leadership with all Harness orgsUse your past expertise in delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery spaceTrack record of delivery in rapidly changing, fast moving, unstructured, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environmentsAbout youA seasoned technology leader with experience in a growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to both scale and sustain high-performing teams. Prior startup experience is a must Strong technical background in the DevOps domainVision & Direction: You have experience leading (as a Sr Director/VP) an organization and understand how to deliver value to the customersA problem solver, able to balance competing priorities, strong process orientation, and ability to manage through complexity and rapid changeExcellent leadership skills and interpersonal skills: You can effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levelsInfluence: You build strong relationships through your expertise and align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for HarnessDeep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you’ve been a developer in the past but are focused on leadership nowExperience partnering with cross-functional leaders across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgmentExperience delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space with a deep technical background in managing complex architectures and design in  Java/Golang stackTrack record of delivery in high growth and resource constrained environmentsYou are a hands-on leader with a "can do" attitude and a bias for action; gets it done, on time every time without cutting cornersPrevious experience at a VP level or above leading a team of at least 200 across multiple time zonesWork LocationMountain View, CAWhat you will have at HarnessComprehensive healthcare benefitsFlexible Spending Account (FSA)Flexible work scheduleEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Flexible Time Off and Parental LeaveMonthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building eventsMonthly internet reimbursementPay transparency$300,000—$350,000 USDHarness in the news:Harness Grabs a $150m Line of CreditWelcome Split!Harness Recognized in Inc.'s Best Workplace Awards 2022Harness on LinkedIn: America's Great Companies to Work For -- And What You Can Learn From#6 - Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2021 list#17 on Forbes Top 50 Cloud Companies to Work For#47 on LinkedIn’ Top 50 Companies to Work For#2 on Quartz 2021 list best places to work for remote workers2021 Career Launching Companies ListAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/OffersWe 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 security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (, or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.