Job Overview
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Engineering
Date Posted
May 19, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As Director of Engineering Productivity and DevX at Harness, you will drive the technical strategy, tools, and infrastructure that increase engineering velocity, quality, reliability, and efficiency across the company, enabling developers to deliver code reliably, efficiently, and securely.
- • You will lead a large, distributed engineering organization of 40–60+ engineers and engineering managers responsible for optimizing development workflows, CI/CD systems, testing infrastructure, release engineering, developer platforms, and AI-native productivity tooling, building a "10x" engineering culture that sets the global benchmark for AI-native practices.
- • Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, valued at $5.5B, shaping the future of AI software delivery with a global team across 26 offices and 25 countries, powering over 185M deployments and enabling customers to accelerate releases by up to 75% and reduce cloud costs by up to 60%.
- • You will establish data-driven engineering metrics using DORA, SPACE, and Software Engineering Insights frameworks, drive measurable improvements in deployment frequency and lead time, and continuously improve developer experience by reducing friction, cognitive load, and repetitive operational tasks through AI-native automation and intelligent workflows.
🎯 Requirements
- • 12+ years of software engineering experience with substantial leadership experience managing large-scale engineering organizations
- • 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles (Director or above) focused on Engineering Productivity, Quality, Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, DevOps, or CI/CD systems
- • Proven experience leading distributed organizations of 40–60+ engineers and managers
- • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
- • Strong background in software engineering, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD systems, distributed systems, and large-scale infrastructure
- • Deep real-world experience operating Continuous Deployment and Continuous Delivery at scale
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to shape the future of AI software delivery at a $5.5B-valued company backed by Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, and IVP
- • Lead a globally distributed engineering organization across 26 offices and 25 countries
- • Drive AI-native engineering practices integrating generative AI, intelligent automation, and agentic workflows into the SDLC
- • Build executive-level visibility into engineering health and operational efficiency using DORA and SPACE frameworks
- • Foster a high-performance, execution-oriented engineering culture focused on ownership, innovation, humility, and operational excellence
- • Work on impactful initiatives that have helped customers like United Airlines and Morningstar accelerate releases by up to 75% and reduce cloud costs by up to 60%
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About Harness, Inc.
Harness is a leading platform for software delivery, empowering organizations to build, test, and deploy applications with speed and confidence. Their comprehensive solution automates the entire software development lifecycle, from code commit to production. Harness offers modules for continuous integration, continuous delivery, cloud cost management, security testing, and feature flags. This integrated approach helps engineering and operations teams accelerate release cycles, reduce deployment failures, and gain better visibility into application performance and costs. By streamlining complex processes, Harness enables businesses to innovate faster, improve developer productivity, and ensure the reliable delivery of software to end-users.
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