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Customer Architect – Forward Deployed Engineer
Location
California
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
$160K - $180K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Customer Architect – Forward Deployed Engineer
Harness
• Embed with customer teams as a hands-on technical partner, working directly in their environments to solve real-world challenges • Own the technical success of customer implementations across multiple Harness modules • Act as a bridge between customer teams and Harness Product & Engineering • Provide hands-on guidance to integrate Harness into existing toolchains and processes • Design and implement CI/CD, infrastructure, and DevSecOps workflows tailored to customer architectures • Lead onboarding, implementation, and enablement programs to accelerate time-to-value • Drive adoption across the breadth of the Harness platform, helping customers expand beyond initial use cases • Architect solutions that span multiple modules (e.g., pipelines, infrastructure, security, cost optimization) • Guide customers toward a platform-centric approach rather than fragmented tooling • Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering and platform leadership • Develop and execute success plans aligned to business and technical outcomes • Lead technical reviews and business reviews to demonstrate value and identify growth opportunities • Analyze usage, pipeline performance, and adoption data to identify gaps and opportunities • Deliver actionable recommendations across technology, processes, and team practices • Proactively identify risks to adoption or retention and drive mitigation strategies • Partner with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap based on customer feedback • Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success on expansion and renewal strategies
Job Requirements
- 7+ years in software engineering, solutions architecture, DevOps, or technical consulting
- Experience working in deeply technical, customer-facing roles, ideally in a forward deployed, consulting, or professional services capacity
- Proven ability to lead complex implementations and drive customer outcomes
- Experience across multiple of the following: AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, CloudFormation, Linux, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, OpenShift, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Harness, Python, Bash, YAML (Go is a plus)
- Secure pipeline design and policy enforcement
- Familiarity with SAST, DAST, SCA, or supply chain security concepts
- Experience integrating security into CI/CD workflows
- Relevant certifications (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.)
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Flexible work schedule
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
- Monthly internet reimbursement
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