Senior Backend Engineer – GenAI/SaaS Platform

Harvey

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 231,000 - 340,000

Full time

7 hours ago

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Job summary

Harvey is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Product Engineering team in New York City. You will own and lead engineering projects across our product lines, collaborating with AI, Legal, and GTM teams to build secure, scalable systems delivering value to customers.

Based in NYC with in-person work and relocation assistance. You will work across stack with React/TypeScript on frontend and Python/Postgres on backend, shaping the future of generative AI-powered knowledge work.

Qualifications

10+ YoE (post-BS/MS) in a product focused full-stack software engineering role.
Experience with React, Typescript, CSS (we use TailwindCSS), Python, or related.
Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products.
Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail.
Experience building scalable and extensible solutions across the stack that can support multiple product lines.
Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge.
Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus.

Responsibilities

Scale document ingestion and processing that is growing at 10x every 6 months.
Design massive data collection from over 50+ legal jurisdictions.
Build government-level security for top governments and firms.
Lead projects that delight customers in bringing AI to web, desktop, mobile, Google Docs, MS Word, and API experiences.
Build AI-platform and AI-native features like agentic orchestration layers, tool calls, and retrieval systems.
Ship across the full stack-leveraging React and TypeScript on the frontend alongside Python and Postgres on the backend to architect intuitive UX and robust APIs for streaming results, long-running processes, and complex tool-calling workflows.