Staff Software Engineer - Data Collection
HarnessBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted May 22, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more.
Job Description
Harness is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Agent and Data Collection team. This team forms the foundation of the Appsec platform, building high-performance systems that extract API data from diverse environments using eBPF, traffic mirroring, API gateway policies, and language agents.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong command of Go, C++, and Java.
- Deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system fundamentals (process, memory, CPU, containers, cgroups, filesystems).
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and infrastructure setup (VPC, load balancers, auto scaling, compute instances).
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and distributed cloud-native systems.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, including diagnosing non-code issues.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills; proven ability to work independently.
- Track record of mentoring or leading engineers in a team setting.
- Nice-to-haves: prior experience writing security policies for API gateways or load balancers, contributions to open-source projects, hands-on exposure to networking devices such as F5 BigIP, Citrix ADC, Avi, or Arista, knowledge of DevSecOps practices and modern observability tools.
Benefits
- Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform.
- Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.
- With a global team across 26 offices and 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.