AppSec Sales Engineer - East

Harness
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Customer-facing technical communication","Strategic problem-solving","Staying current with emerging security threats"]

Serve as the technical liaison between sales and engineering, presenting and demoing Harness’s AI-Native DevSecOps platform for Application Security Testing and Runtime Protection. Lead security-focused evaluations through workshops and POVs, evangelize AppSec and API/AI Security capabilities (SCA, SAST, DAST, runtime protection), and translate customer security and compliance needs into technical solutions across the end-to-end DevSecOps pipeline.

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AppSec Sales Engineer - East

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Job Summary

Serve as the technical liaison between sales and engineering, presenting and demoing Harness’s AI-Native DevSecOps platform for Application Security Testing and Runtime Protection. Lead security-focused evaluations through workshops and POVs, evangelize AppSec and API/AI Security capabilities (SCA, SAST, DAST, runtime protection), and translate customer security and compliance needs into technical solutions across the end-to-end DevSecOps pipeline.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver platform presentations and demos focused on Application Security Testing and Runtime Protection within the DevSecOps landscape.
  • •Evangelize Harness AI-Native DevSecOps capabilities, including AppSec and API/AI Security features such as SCA, SAST, DAST, and runtime protection.
  • •Connect business security and compliance problems to technical solutions across the end-to-end DevSecOps pipeline.
  • •Drive complex technical engagements (e.g., workshops and POVs) to prove value securing the SDLC from code to operation, including API and AI workflows.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceFsaEapParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Experience as a Pre-Sales Engineer supporting SaaS/software sales in DevSecOps or Cybersecurity, or strong practitioner experience with the software evaluation and buying process.
  • •Hands-on experience with modern application security practices and tools such as API Security, AI Security, SAST, DAST, and SCA (or similar technologies).
  • •Knowledge of cloud-native application security and understanding of security risks tied to GenAI integration.
  • •Ability to convey complex customer security requirements and feature requests to Engineering.
  • •Willingness and ability to travel occasionally on short notice for customer engagements, internal meetings, or conferences.
Experience:SaaSDevSecOpsCybersecurityCloud-nativeApplication securityAPI security
Skills:Customer-facing technical communicationStrategic problem-solvingStaying current with emerging security threats
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DevSecOpsAppSecApplication Security TestingRuntime ProtectionSCASASTDASTAPI SecurityAI SecurityGenAISDLCPOVWorkshops

Company Brief

Harness
Provides a continuous delivery and software delivery platform that automates deployment, feature releases, rollbacks, and cloud cost optimization using machine learning to help engineering teams deliver changes quickly and safely.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2016
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