We are looking for a Senior Software Backend engineer for our Application Security Testing team with a strong understanding of Java/Python, microservices, and large scale distributed systems. You should be self-motivated and should be able to lead complex technical projects. We value developers who are eager to take on challenging tasks, can iterate quickly and incorporate feedback while ensuring the code quality is not sacrificed at any cost.

Application security testing team is one of the major revenue contributors in AppSec org and growing at a very past pace both in terms of customers & revenue which in turn demand scaling engineering services and teams.

About the role

Design, develops and maintain critical software of scalable platform in fast paced environment
Authors software functional specifications and design documents
Quickly understand complex systems/code and own key pieces of the system, including the delivered quality
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex problems in a distributed computing environment
Establishes the best practices in area of quality, performance & architecture inside the team
Mentors Software Engineers & Senior Software Engineers and provide technical leadership to them
Performs peer reviews of specifications, designs, and code
Identifies the technical debt & scaling issues in the basecode and drives the improvement
Works alongside Site Reliability Engineers and cross functional teams to diagnose/troubleshoot any production performance related issues
We work in Java, Golang, and Python. Our systems are built on top of Docker, Kubenetes, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, Postgres,GCP - Stackdriver, GCS, Cloud composer, AI Platform

ABOUT YOU

A desire to build products that solve complex technical problems for end users
4-6 years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java and Golang
Designing/developing REST and GRPC APIs
Working knowledge of SQL and No-SQL database technologies
Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
Experience in SAAS platform development with scale
Comfort in working in short, agile, iterative development cycles
Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus.
Experience mentoring other engineers and leading cross team technical discussions is a plus
Experience working with AI and security products is a plus
B.Tech. / B.E. / MTech. / M.S. in Computer Science

What you will have at Harness

Experience building a transformative product
End-to-end ownership of your projects
Competitive salary
Comprehensive healthcare benefit
Flexible work schedule
Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
Monthly internet reimbursement
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