Overview

Senior Director of Engineering, Continuous Integration at Harness. This is a hands-on, high-impact leadership role combining product ownership, architectural oversight, and close customer collaboration. You will define the long-term vision, deliver against strategic outcomes, and orchestrate engineering excellence across a globally distributed team.

About Harness

Harness is a high-growth company 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. 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 rapidly. Harness is led by Jyoti Bansal, founder of AppDynamics, and is backed by $425M in venture financing from top-tier firms.

Role Details

As the Senior Director of Engineering for Continuous Integration, you’ll own the vision, execution, and technical direction of a critical $25M+ product line. You’ll split your time between technology leadership (40%), product and roadmap ownership (30%), and communication and collaboration (30%), interfacing across executive leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the long-term vision and strategy for Harness CI, grounded in market trends and customer value.
• Make high-impact decisions in ambiguous, cross-functional environments that shape company direction.
• Partner directly with customers to inform roadmap priorities, manage escalations, and ensure adoption success.
• Lead delivery of cutting-edge CI features including AI Test Intelligence, smart caching, and hyper-optimized infrastructure. Drive security and compliance enhancements such as SLSA L3, scanner integrations, and automated vulnerability triage.
• Ensure deep integration of Harness CI across the SDLC, supporting any SCM, language, or platform.
• Hire, grow, and lead globally distributed engineering teams; foster a high-performance, feedback-driven culture.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership in areas like Kubernetes, Serverless, and policy-based pipeline governance.
• Modernize backend systems with a focus on distributed systems, Go, and GCP.
• Continuously improve internal processes, cross-team collaboration, and technical scalability across the org.

About You

We’re looking for a seasoned technology leader with a startup mindset and deep technical roots—someone who approaches challenges like a product engineer and thrives in complexity.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend software development experience; 6+ years leading high-performing engineering or DevOps teams.
• Proven success building and scaling orgs in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Strong track record in the software delivery/lifecycle domain with hands-on architectural and design leadership.
• Expertise in building high-throughput platforms, scalable APIs, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with GCP, Go, and Kubernetes; strong grasp of the Google cloud-native ecosystem.
• Clear communicator and collaborator across teams, executives, and customers.
• Organized, action-oriented leader who can navigate complexity while driving results and team health.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Location

SF Bay Area, Hybrid

What You Will Have At Harness

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
• Recharge & Reset Program
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Commuter benefits

Anticipated base salary range for this position: $225,000 - $250,000 annually. Salary is determined by location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The compensation package may include a commission/variable component, equity, and benefits. More details at the Harness careers site.

A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required.