Harness
Harness sells a software delivery platform that handles continuous integration, cloud cost management, and other DevOps tasks. The company has raised $815M and employs 1,838 people.
The growth story
Harness grew from 474 to 1,838 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $815M along the way, most recently a Series E in December 2025.
About
Harness provides a platform for managing various aspects of software delivery, including continuous integration, cloud cost management, and security testing. It targets companies looking to streamline their cloud initiatives and DevOps processes.
The company has raised $815M, with its latest funding round being a Series E in December 2025. It employs 1,838 people, though its recent headcount growth rate is unclear.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Harness, with 201 employees. The company is led by a team based in San Francisco, where it was founded in 2017.
The Harness org chart
Jyoti Bansal (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 59 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 735 (+27% YoY), Sales 294 (+41% YoY), Information Technology 84 (+11% YoY), Business Development 72 (+26% YoY), Arts and Design 63 (+37% YoY), Operations 58 (+35% YoY).
Talent flow
Harness hires heavily from AppDynamics and MongoDB, with 54 and 50 employees coming from those companies respectively. Its alumni often move to Aurasell AI and Salesforce, with 19 and 13 going to those firms.
Most common previous employers of Harness staff: AppDynamics (54), MongoDB (50), Oracle (30), Traceable by Harness (29), IBM (23), Sprinklr (20). Former Harness employees most often moved to Aurasell AI (19), Salesforce (13), SpaceXAI (10), Wiz (9), FloQast (9), Google (8).
Alumni worth knowing
The Harness mafia
Harness alumni have founded 21 companies, including Cyara, Cyberhaven, and Aurasell AI. Cyara and Cyberhaven are the largest, with 394 and 310 employees respectively.
24Sushil Kumar, was General Manager, Harness AI Test Automation until 2025Nishant Doshi, was SVP and General Manager until 2024Jason Eubanks, was Chief Revenue Officer until 2023Srinivas Bandi, was SVP and GM until 2024Brian Bell, was CEO / General Manager of the Split Feature Management & Experimentation Business until 2025Stephen Line, was VP & GM EMEA until 2022
Puneet Saraswat, was VP of Engineering until 2025
Sid Choudhury, was SVP & General Manager until 2025
Yagyansh Bhatia, was Senior Software Engineer until 2025
Brent Holloway, was Vice President of Commercial Sales until 2023
Thiago Santo, was Enterprise Sales Executive until 2023
Pranil Dasika, was Director of Engineering, Head of GTM and Self-managed platforms until 2023
Devinder Prasad, was Senior Software Engineer II (Growth) until 2024
Shaswat Deep, was Senior Staff Engineer until 2023
Nicolas M. Chaillan, was Advisory Board Member until 2024
Harold Bell, was Marketing Director until 2025
Adam Ghobarah, was Investor until 2020
Jacob L., was Senior Manager of Sales Development until 2024
Kevin McMahon, was Senior Manager Marketing Operations until 2022
Jasdeep Jaitla, MBA, was Large Enterprise Sales Engineer until 2023
Doug May, was Senior Vice President, Productivity until 2026
Parmeet Chaddha, was Senior Vice President, Customer Success and Services until 2024
Aleesha Kakad, was Senior Manager until 2025
Jeff Jones, was Director - South, Southeast & LATAM until 2020Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 52% direct, 13% search, 6% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Harness: Java (556), Python (Programming Language) (505), Leadership (444), C++ (419), JavaScript (417), SQL (416), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (345), Management (327).
Where the team actually sits
Harness people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (155), California, United States (47), England, United Kingdom (30), San Francisco Bay Area (26).
Search footprint
Harness attracts about 38,770 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $300K a month if bought through ads. It gained 6,505 ranking keywords and lost 5,816 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Harness has 1,838 employees as of September 2026.
Harness has raised $815M in total, most recently a Series E round in December 2025.
Harness was founded in 2017 by Jyoti Bansal, Rishi Singh.
Jyoti Bansal (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Harness's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Harness staff are AppDynamics (54 people), MongoDB (50 people), Oracle (30 people).
Former Harness employees most often move to Aurasell AI (19), Salesforce (13), SpaceXAI (10).
At least 21 companies have a founder who previously worked at Harness, including Cyara, Cyberhaven, Aurasell AI.
Harness attracts about 38,770 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $300K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Harness staff are Java, Python (Programming Language), Leadership, C++, JavaScript.
Harness staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (155), California, United States (47), England, United Kingdom (30).
Harness has about 735 people in Engineering, up 27% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Harness has about 294 people in Sales, up 41% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 587 current and 774 former Harness profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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