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. Were 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.
Senior Developer Relations Engineer
Key Responsibilities
Content Creation & Technical Documentation
- Write and maintain comprehensive technical yet user-friendly documentation for owned Harness product(s) including user guides tutorials videos API references and troubleshooting resources
- Identify & create content that reduces customer time-to-value
- Develop code examples configuration samples and best practices documentation
- Work closely with product managers and engineers to understand feature requirements user stories and technical details and align documentation with product release cycles
- Own technical documentation of a function thereby enabling strong adoption of the function.
Quality & Standards Implementation
Follow and help refine documentation standards style guides and content templatesParticipate in content audits cross-product reviews and provide constructive feedback to peersEnsure continuous improvement by tracking documentation quality metrics for owned product and focusing on improvements over timeConstantly gather feedback from endusers and improve the consumption experience for end-users.Customer-Focused Content Strategy
Partner with customer success and support teams to identify common user questions feedback and pain pointsDevelop persona-based content that serves different user types (developers DevOps engineers platform teams) & reflects real-world use casesSupport sales marketing and customer success teams with technical content for customer engagementsAbout You
Required Qualifications
5 years of experience writing technical documentation preferably in B2B software or developer toolsGood understanding of software development practices CI / CD pipelines and DevOps workflowsProficiency and experience with modern documentation tools and platformsFamiliarity with markup languages (Markdown HTML) and version control systems (Git)Experience with scripting languages and creating code or config-as-code samplesExcellent writing and communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts clearlyExperience working with engineering and product teams in agile development environmentsExperience owning technical documentation of a functionExperience building product onboarding material such as code samples demos and toolsDesired Attributes
Technical Curiosity : Genuine interest in understanding how complex software systems work and enthusiasm for learning new technologies. Be hands-on. Develop and maintain resources for developers such as demos and software tools code samples documentation how-to guides and tutorials.User Empathy : Natural ability to put yourself in the customers shoes and anticipate their needs and challengesAttention to Detail : Commitment to accuracy and quality in all written and multimedia written and verbal communication skillsCollaborative Spirit : Comfortable working cross-functionally and across time zones and building relationships with technical with every Marketing function to develop the best content and great product narratives.Adaptability : Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and rapid product evolutionGrowth Mindset : Eagerness to develop new skills and take on increasing responsibilities over timeNice To Have
Background in software engineering computer science or related technical fieldUnderstanding of Platform Engineering and DevOps practices followed by mid to large organizationsExperience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes)Experience creating video content or multimedia documentationPrevious work at a DevOps developer tools or infrastructure software companyUnderstanding of technical SEO and content optimization practicesHarness in the news :
Harness AI Tackles Software Developments Real BottleneckAfter Vibe Coding Comes Vibe Testing (Almost)Startup Within a Startup : Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness)Jyoti Bansal Harness theCUBEd AwardsEight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual mergerHarness snags as it goes all in on feature flags and experimentsExclusive : Jyoti Bansal-led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financingAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex or national origin.
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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1