Vice President of Engineering, Harness
$250-320k
The compensation package for this position also includes a commission/variable component, which is based on performance, plus equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Software delivery tools for engineering teams
Job no longer available
Software delivery tools for engineering teams
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$250-320k
The compensation package for this position also includes a commission/variable component, which is based on performance, plus equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable engineers to deliver software faster, with higher quality, and less effort.
Role
Who you are
- A 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
- Vision & Direction: You have experience leading (as a Director/VP) an organization and understand how to deliver value to the customers
- A problem solver, able to balance competing priorities, strong process orientation, and ability to manage through complexity and rapid change
- Excellent managerial skills and interpersonal skills: You can effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levels
- Influence: You build strong relationships through your expertise and align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for Harness
- Deep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you’ve been a developer in the past but are focused on leadership now
- Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgment
- Experience delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space - CI/CD
- Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments
What the job involves
- Build and retain a growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to both scale and sustain high-performing teams
- Vision & Direction: You will set the charter for your organization and understand how to deliver value to customers
- A problem solving, you will balance competing priorities, strong process orientation, and manage through complexity and rapid change
- Managerial and interpersonal leadership: You will effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levels
- Influence: build and maintain strong relationships. Align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for Harness
- Deep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you will lead with a developer mindset from your past experience, while remaining focused on leadership excellence
- Exercise world class cross functional leadership with all Harness orgs
- Use your past expertise in delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space - CI/CD
- Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments
Our take
Not every software engineering company has the power and resources to be as good in software delivery as the likes of Google and Facebook.
Harness is attempting to level the playing field by bringing the industry’s first Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform to market. Basically, it creates tools that simplify the entire software delivery process so smaller engineering teams can move fast and ship code effortlessly.
Harness has made several capability-advancing acquisitions, such as Dronie.io, adding an open-source continuous integration (CI) tool to its platform, and Propelo, which removes engineering roadblocks to help teams boots customer need response times.
Harness puts a lot of emphasis on hiring engineers who demonstrate a desire to constantly improve themselves and are passionate about solving tough problems. It's good to see the multi-unicorn company is also mindful of creating an enjoyable environment that cultivates innovation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Dec 2025
$200m
SERIES E
Apr 2022
$175m
SERIES D
Total funding: $600m
Company benefits
- Early stage stock options
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Commuter benefits
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Flexible work schedules
- Breakfast Mondays, Happy Hour Thursdays, Lunch Fridays
- Unlimited snacks and drinks
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
- Monthly, quarterly and annual social and team building events
- Custom swags
- Pet friendly office
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jyoti Bansal
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. Has a background in Software Engineering, and became a software Architect at Wily Technology in 2005. Founded tech startup AppDynamics in 2008, leaving in 2015 to found Big Labs. Co-founded Unusual Ventures in 2018, and Traceable AI in 2019. Is still CEO of both Big Labs and Traceable AI.
Rishi Singh
(Co-Founder)Majored in Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology. Was Principal Engineer and Computer Software Consultant at E*TRADE Financial from 2006 to 2009. Joined Cisco in 2009 as an Architect and Senior Consultant. Was hired by Apple as a Platform Architect. Left Apple in 2015 to co-found Harness.
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