Staff Software Engineer - Billing & Licensing

Harness is looking for a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to drive the evolution of our Billing & Licensing platform within the Platform Engineering Organization. This is an opportunity to make a significant technical impact by designing and building a platform capable of processing millions of events daily while delivering a seamless, AWS-like billing experience for our customers.

We are seeking a hands-on engineer who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, has deep experience in backend development (Java/Go), and is passionate about building scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems.

About the role

• Lead the technical direction and architecture for our Billing & Licensing platform.
• Design and build scalable, low-latency, high-concurrency systems capable of handling millions of events daily.
• Drive platform-level coding, best practices, and technical excellence across the stack-architecture, development, deployment, and production operations.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers, architects, and product teams to make critical technical decisions.
• Mentor engineers and influence engineering practices across teams to elevate code quality, performance, and system reliability.
• Take ownership of key production systems, including monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization.
• Shape the technical roadmap, anticipating future scalability and platform requirements.

ABOUT YOU

• Technical Leader: 8+ years of experience building backend SaaS systems in Java or Go, with a strong emphasis on architecture and hands-on coding.
• Platform Builder: Skilled in designing data-intensive, low-latency, multi-tenant systems.
• Mentor & Influencer: Comfortable guiding teams, reviewing code, and promoting best practices.
• Customer-Focused: Understands the importance of reliability, performance, and user experience in mission-critical systems.
• Battle-Tested: Experienced with production incidents, on-call responsibilities, and building resilient systems.
• Collaborator: Able to work with globally distributed teams across time zones.
• Educational Background: BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

What you will have at Harness

• Experience building a transformative product
• End-to-end ownership of your projects
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefit
• Flexible work schedule
• Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement