Senior Software Engineer, Backend
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at Harvey. San Francisco · full-time · $193,400–$290,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Lead engineering projects across Harvey’s product lines, working with AI, legal and go-to-market teams
- Build systems that protect sensitive work while delivering useful product experiences to customers
- Develop document retrieval, AI collaboration interfaces and infrastructure for dedicated GPU capacity
- Create planning agents, evaluate language models and collect data across jurisdictions
What you bring
- At least five years of backend-focused product engineering after completing a bachelor’s or master’s degree
- You’ve helped grow SaaS products using progressive web app technologies
- You’ve built backend platforms that serve multiple product lines and shipped intuitive products with close attention to detail
- Strong programming ability and a solid foundation in computer science
Who this fits
This senior backend role suits you if you’ve worked across the stack on consumer and enterprise products and want to build application-layer and generative AI products. The role uses an in-person work model in San Francisco, with relocation assistance available.
From the employer
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
As a Backend Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team at Harvey, you will own and lead engineering projects across our various product lines. You will work closely with our AI, Legal, and GTM teams to build secure systems that deliver value to our customers. We are looking for individuals who have worked across the stack on incredible products across consumer, enterprise, and various industries and who are excited about building the future of application layer and genAI products.
We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
What You'll Do
Retrieval over peta-byte scale documents
Organizational-level interfaces to collaborate with AI
Managing dedicated GPU capacity across 5+ regions
1000-step planning agents that help take companies public
Government-level security for the world's most sensitive matters
Evaluating LLMs across a 10k+ leaf taxonomy of tasks
Internet-scale data collection from over 50+ jurisdictions
What You Have
5+ years (post-BS/MS) of backend-focused software engineering experience on product-centric teams
Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products by leveraging PWA technologies
Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail
Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines
Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus
Compensation
$193,400 - $290,000 USD
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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
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