Senior Technical Recruiter

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.   Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for sourcing, identifying, and hiring top-tier technical talent across various roles, including software engineers, developers, Product Managers, and other technical professionals. You will play a key role in building a strong candidate pipeline and ensuring a seamless hiring process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand technical job requirements and team needs
• Develop and implement targeted sourcing strategies to attract high-quality candidates
• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process, from sourcing to onboarding
• Screen resumes, conduct interviews, and assess technical skills and cultural fit
• Build and maintain a pipeline of potential candidates for current and future openings
• Leverage social media, job boards, and networking events to identify talent
• Maintain accurate and timely records of recruitment activities in ATS
• Enhance employer branding and promote a positive candidate experience
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in technical recruiting

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in technical recruiting, preferably in a fast-paced environment
• Proven success in sourcing for and hiring technical roles
• Strong understanding of various technical skills, tools, and programming languages
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions simultaneously
• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment tools
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach

Harness In The News:

• Harness AI Tackles Software Development’s Real Bottleneck
• After 'Vibe Coding' Comes 'Vibe Testing' (Almost)
• Startup Within a Startup: Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness)
• Jyoti Bansal, Harness | theCUBEd Awards
• Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco, Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger
• Harness snags Split.io, as it goes all in on feature flags and experiments
• Exclusive: Jyoti Bansal-led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financing

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. 

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.