Harness reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(472 total reviews)
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Jyoti Bansal

90% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Harness has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 472 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Harness employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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472 reviews
5.0
Jun 3, 2025
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Pros

Culture of Trust and Autonomy: As a Solutions Engineer, I'm given real ownership and empowered to make strategic decisions that impact the business. Leadership trusts you to do the job you're hired for. Cutting-Edge Technology: Harness is solving real problems in software delivery and observability. Being on the frontlines of CI/CD, IDP, and AI DevSecOps innovation is rewarding. Customer-Centric Mindset: Product teams listen to field feedback, which makes it easy to stay aligned with customer needs. Great Leadership and Vision: The leadership team, including Jyoti and the executive staff, have a clear vision for growth and are transparent about it. Collaboration Across Teams: Strong collaboration between sales, engineering, marketing, and customer success. You’re not siloed. Compensation and Benefits: Competitive pay, solid equity package, flexible PTO, and strong benefits

Cons

Fast Pace Can Be Intense: It’s a high-growth startup with big goals, which means priorities shift quickly. This pace isn't for everyone. Internal Processes Still Maturing: Some internal systems and processes (like forecasting tools or sales enablement content) are still catching up to the company’s growth. Cross-Product Complexity: With multiple modules in the platform, staying on top of all the products can be a challenge, especially for newer hires.

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Harness Response
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Thank you for your valuable feedback! We’re excited to hear that you find your role empowering and appreciate our culture of trust, innovation, and collaboration. We're proud of our work in CI/CD, IDP, and AI-driven DevSecOps. We also value your honesty about the challenges of rapid growth and evolving processes. We’re actively investing in these areas to maintain clarity and consistency. Your insights help us focus on what matters most for our employees and customers. Thank you for being a valued part of the Harness journey!
5.0
Jun 2, 2025

Incredible Opportunity to Join a Winning Team

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Pros

1) Lockstep alignment across the executive leadership team 2) Proven Product Market Fit evident by rapid growth in the past 18-months 3) As high of a talent density as there is in SW today 4) Second-to-none development 5) Best in-class-tech that is disrupting a huge market

Cons

1) It moves fast here and expectations are high - this is not for people who do not value accountability and meritocracy

5.0
May 12, 2025

Journey of a lifetime

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Pros

If you want a place where transparency fuels autonomy, where collaboration is more than a buzzword, and where high-impact work is recognized and rewarded, Harness is that place. The rigor and transparency that impressed me during hiring has carried straight through to day‑to‑day life, producing fast ramp‑up, genuine empowerment, and clear momentum toward long‑term growth. At Harness the focus is on developing high-impact skills, career growth, industry recognition, and of course wealth creation as a by product of accelerating our customer's business objectives. We achieve all this by working really hard and enabling all of our teams members across the organization to solve problems and also taking a breath to understand not all problems are weighed equally. Nowhere is that focus sharper than in our engineering squad. They model cross-functional collaboration at its finest, partnering seamlessly with sales, customer-success, and product teams to serve our clients. Supporting our self-managed platform—crucial for highly regulated agencies—they jump into late-night troubleshooting, co-develop fixes in real time during Proof-of-Value engagements, and share every hard-won insight so an issue is solved once for everyone. Their hands-on support keeps mission-critical opportunities on track and accelerates our march toward FedRAMP authorization, a milestone that will define Harness’s future in the public sector. Above all, the squad lives our Get Ship Done value: they deliver quickly, measure success by tangible impact, and never let obstacles stand between the team and shipping solutions that matter.

Cons

We have a rigorous hiring bar that can slow talent acquisition and increase short‑term workload. The high standard lengthens the search for top‑tier candidates and extends their ramp‑up period. During these gaps, existing teams occasionally shoulder “all‑hands” efforts to meet deliverables. Senior leadership is fully aware of the strain. They remain committed to investing the time and resources needed to secure and onboard the right talent, protecting long‑term success for everyone.

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