Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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 SummaryThis is an amazing opportunity to be an engineer in a high-growth, high-potential startup and to work on redefining the Continuous Delivery space powered by AI/ ML.  In this role, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software that directly impacts the company's product experience.About the roleDesign, develop, and maintain critical software in a fast-paced quality conscious environmentAuthor software functional specifications and design documentsQuickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered qualityDesign and implementation high scale, distributed systemsDiagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environmentPerform peer reviews of specifications, designs, and codeWork alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross-functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot any production performance-related issuesAbout you4+ years of Java experience designing, developing, and debugging complex codeStrong background in data structures and algorithmsBS in CS or equivalent. Advanced degree is a plusExperience in as many of the following areasBuilding containerized applications (Docker)Building applications in a Micro Services ArchitectureWorking with Networking and Security protocols (HTTPS, SSL, Certs)Designing/developing REST, GRPCUsing MongoDB, including indexing and query optimizationWorking with platforms and tools like AppD, Stackdriver, GCP, Kubernetes, OpenShiftKnowledge of Go is a plusWork LocationMountain View, CA - HybridWhat you will have at HarnessCompetitive salaryComprehensive 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$165,000—$185,000 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.