Director of Engineering Productivity and DevX
Harness is looking for a Director of Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience to lead a global organization of 40-60+ engineers. The role involves defining the technical strategy for CI/CD, testing infrastructure, and AI-native developer tools. You will partner with cross-functional leadership to drive engineering metrics and operational excellence across a high-growth SaaS platform. The position requires substantial experience managing distributed teams and deep technical expertise in modern developer workflows.
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Experience
12+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Hybrid, India
Company
Tier 1
What you will work on
Harness is looking for a Director of Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience to lead a global organization of 40-60+ engineers. The role involves defining the technical strategy for CI/CD, testing infrastructure, and AI-native developer tools. You will partner with cross-functional leadership to drive engineering metrics and operational excellence across a high-growth SaaS platform. The position requires substantial experience managing distributed teams and deep technical expertise in modern developer workflows.
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Leadership role at a Tier-1 developer tools unicorn, managing a large organization with significant strategic impact.
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Salaries at Harness
44.1 LPA average
Based on 24 Grapevine salary entries for Harness.
Engineering
0 - 2 years | SWE 1
13 LPA average
Range: 12 - 15 LPA
Engineering
2 - 4 years | SSE
32 LPA average
Range: 32 - 32 LPA
Engineering
4 - 6 years | L3
43 LPA average
Range: 43 - 43 LPA
Engineering
6 - 8 years
48 LPA average
Range: 47 - 50 LPA
Must haves
- 12+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles
- Experience managing large-scale distributed engineering organizations
- Expertise in CI/CD and release engineering at scale
- Background in developer platforms or infrastructure engineering
Tools and skills
Nice to have: generative ai, intelligent automation, agentic workflows, dora metrics, space framework, observability.
About the company
High-growth SaaS unicorn with a $5.5B valuation and strong reputation in the developer tools space.
Posts mentioning Harness
Harness or AI startup? Which one should I chose?
Hey, I'm a developer with around 5 years of experience. I’ve got two job offers on the table right now: 1. An AI startup (Singapore-based, remote) offering 40 LPA. 2. Harness (Bengaluru-based) offering 35 LPA CTC, with a 32 LPA base. I’m torn between the two and not sure which one to pick.
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