Engineering Manager - Data Platform

Harness is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the design and development of a multi-cloud, portable, OSS-backed, streaming-first data platform for powering API observability & security products. The role involves managing and growing an engineering team, driving execution, innovation, and delivery of high-impact platform capabilities, and contributing to the company's mission of becoming a global leader in the AppSec space.

Requirements

• 9–12 years of overall engineering experience preferably in the platform space
• At least 2 years of engineering management experience
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow teams of 8+ engineers, fostering a high-performance engineering culture
• Hands-on experience building and scaling distributed data platforms and microservices architectures
• Strong programming experience in Java, Python, or Go
• Operational experience with streaming and data processing technologies such as Kafka, Kafka Streams, Flink and Spark
• Experience with modern analytical and data lake technologies such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Pinot/Druid, ClickHouse etc.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases
• Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, and reliability practices for large-scale systems
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience working across geographically distributed teams
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-growing startup environments with evolving requirements