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[Remote] Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Engineering

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal. As a Staff Cloud Engineer at Harness, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance through Cloud Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering practices.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure using GCP, AWS or Azure
  • Develop infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
  • Implement SRE practices to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of cloud services
  • Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and address issues proactively
  • Perform capacity planning and demand forecasting to ensure system scalability and performance
  • Deploy, manage, and scale applications using Kubernetes (K8s)
  • Utilize Helm for packaging, deploying, and managing applications on Kubernetes
  • Design and implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate the delivery of applications and infrastructure
  • Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and improve efficiency
  • Ensure cloud infrastructure and applications meet security and compliance standards
  • Implement security best practices and perform regular security audits and assessments
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and operations to deliver high-quality solutions
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or related roles
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native services
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform), Helm package manager and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
  • Experience with SRE principles, including error budgets, SLIs, SLOs, and incident management
  • Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, GCM)
  • Expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI or Harness
  • Strong coding skills (Python, Go, etc.) and familiarity with version control systems (Git)
  • Understanding of security best practices for cloud infrastructure and applications
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and innovative approach
  • Experience with AI-OPS
  • Experience with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS) is a plus

Company Overview

  • Harness provides a software delivery platform that helps engineering teams build, deploy, and operate applications through a set of tools. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://harness.io.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Harness has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2026, 31 in 2025, 22 in 2024, 10 in 2023, 36 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 21 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.