Director, Engineering - Software Engineering Insights

Harness is a high-growth company that is 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. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. 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 at an incredibly fast pace.Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.About the roleAs Director of Engineering at Harness, you'll lead a team pivotal to its success, focusing on fostering growth and enabling a multi geo team to innovate and deliver both open source and enterprise-grade features. Your role involves close collaboration with Product Management, your team, and peers to ensure top-notch quality and execution in delivery.Build and retain a growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to both scale and sustain high-performing teamsVision & Direction: You will set the charter for your organization and understand how to deliver value to customersManagerial and interpersonal leadership: You will effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levelsInfluence: build and maintain strong relationships. Align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for HarnessDeep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you will lead with a developer mindset from your past experience, while remaining focused on leadership excellenceExercise world class cross functional leadership with all Harness orgsUse your past expertise in delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space - CI/CDTrack record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environmentsExpertise in developing enterprise Java apps on Linuxprior experience on running these apps in a large scale SaaS platformsAbout you8-10 experience as a technical lead developing Java apps for SaaS at scale, prior startup experience is a preferredA 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 an organization and understand how to deliver value to the customersA problem solver, able to balance competing priorities, strong process orientation, and ability to manage through complexity and rapid changeExcellent managerial skills and interpersonal skills: You can effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levelsInfluence: You build strong relationships through your expertise and align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for HarnessDeep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you’ve been a developer in the past but are focused on leadership nowExperience partnering with cross-functional leaders across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgmentExperience delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space - CI/CDTrack record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environmentsYou are a hands-on leader with a "can do" attitude and a bias for action; gets it done, on time every time without cutting cornersWork LocationSuccessful candidates will be expected to be in the Mountain View, CA office, at least 3 times per week What you will have at HarnessCompetitive salaryComprehensive healthcare benefitsFlexible Spending Account (FSA)Flexible work scheduleEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Flexible Time Off and Parental LeaveMonthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building eventsMonthly internet reimbursementThe anticipated base salary range for this position is $ 225,000 - $260,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations.  The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers. Pay transparency$225,000—$275,000 USDHarness in the news:Harness Snags $230 Series D - $3.7B ValuationHarness Recognized in Inc.'s Best Workplace Awards 2022Harness on LinkedIn: America's Great Companies to Work For -- And What You Can Learn From#6 - Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2021 list#17 on Forbes Top 50 Cloud Companies to Work For#47 on LinkedIn’ Top 50 Companies to Work For#2 on Quartz 2021 list best places to work for remote workers2021 Career Launching Companies ListAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.