Harness

AppSec Sales Engineer

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3 months ago

Responsibilities

  • Deliver platform presentations and demonstrations focused on Application Security Testing and Runtime Protection.
  • Evangelize Harness’s AI-Native DevSecOps platform, including its application, API, and AI security capabilities.
  • Connect business security risks and compliance problems to technical solutions across the DevSecOps pipeline.
  • Drive technical engagements such as workshops and proofs of value covering security from code through operation, including API and AI workflows.
  • Translate customer security requirements and feature requests for Engineering.
  • Travel occasionally, including on short notice, for customer engagements, internal meetings, and conferences.

Requirements

  • Experience as a Pre-Sales Engineer supporting SaaS or software sales in DevSecOps or cybersecurity, or strong practitioner experience with software evaluation and buying processes.
  • Hands-on experience with application security practices and tools such as API Security, AI Security, SAST, DAST, and SCA.
  • Understanding of cloud-native application security and risks associated with GenAI integration.
  • Awareness of emerging developments in AI security, software supply chain security, and threat landscapes.
  • Ability to communicate complex security requirements and feature requests to Engineering.
  • Ability and willingness to travel occasionally for customer engagements, internal meetings, or trade shows and conferences.
  • Valid authorization to work in the United States.

Benefits

  • Remote role with a strong preference for the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • Competitive salary and potential performance-based incentive and/or equity eligibility.
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits, Flexible Spending Account, and Employee Assistance Program.
  • Flexible Time Off, Parental Leave, and quarterly Harness TGIF-Off days.
  • Recharge & Reset Program, social and team-building events, monthly internet reimbursement, and commuter benefits.

Tech Stack

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Categories

Solutions Engineering
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About Harness

1,001-5,000 employees

Harness builds a SaaS platform for software delivery, combining CI/CD, feature flags, cloud cost management, reliability, and security tooling for engineering and DevOps teams. The privately held company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, sells to enterprises adopting cloud and Kubernetes. Notable customers include United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels, and its offerings span testing, deployments, governance, and automation across the software delivery lifecycle.

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