Director Harness Engineer
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KPMG is seeking a Director, Harness Engineer for its Clients, Technology & Innovation organization. The role will establish a reusable technical core across product teams, contribute production code, set engineering standards, and expand developer tools and accelerators. It also involves executive collaboration, mentoring engineers, making build-versus-integrate decisions, and supporting customer deployments. The posting states a minimum of ten years of experience.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team. KPMG is currently seeking a Director, Harness Engineer to join our Clients, Technology & Innovation (CT&I) organization.Responsibilities: Partner with leadership to set overall technical standards and direction; architect and establish "the harness" as the common, reusable core across all EdgeCo product teams Maintain elite, active coding practices by writing and shipping production-grade code, while personally owning and resolving the most complex production problems Expand reusable assets, tools, and developer accelerators, championing cutting-edge tools (such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Lovable) where permitted to help every product pod ship faster Establish and champion rigorous production standards, including context engineering, evaluation frameworks (golden datasets, rubrics, trace-based scoring in CI), operational readiness, and secure, observable, and auditable code Facilitate strategic working sessions with senior executives Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and engineers, building trust by communicating technical risks, architectural trade-offs, and progress with absolute transparency Mentor and guide engineers across multiple product teams through technical leadership; make critical "build versus integrate" decisions around industry standards (for example, Model Context Protocol) and directly support customer deployments to translate feedback into product improvements Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environmentQualifications: Minimum ten years... For full info follow application link. KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. The attached link "https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/us/pdf/2018/09/eeo.pdf? "contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agencies please. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/C202C4A8C4054BF5
How this job compares
Set against the 474 open Engineering Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$156–355K/yr355 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Engineering Director jobs in Wisconsin and 474 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Engineering Director postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years at the median (361 postings).
- Education
- 218 of the 474 open Engineering Director jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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