Staff Software Engineer (AppSec)
Harness
About this role
A Senior Backend Engineer on the AppSec Foundations team at Harness will design and develop core authentication, authorization, and common security services that power the company’s security ecosystem. The role focuses on building scalable, low-latency identity and access management infrastructure and audit/compliance systems that support multiple Harness products. The team provides foundational RBAC, service-to-service authentication, and shared security services across the platform.
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About Harness
harness.ioHarness is an AI-native, end-to-end software delivery platform that uses purpose-built AI agents to automate and manage the entire SDLC. It provides capabilities across CI/CD, testing, AppSec, feature flags, chaos engineering, cloud cost management, and platform/DevSecOps tooling. Designed for engineering and platform teams at scale, Harness combines automation, observability, and policy-driven controls to speed releases, reduce risk, and optimize cloud spend. Founded in 2017 by Jyoti Bansal, it serves global enterprises.
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About Harness
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$181k – $226k
per year