Software Engineer, Platform

harvey.ai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company focused on AI for legal services seeks a Platform Engineer to design and scale core systems. The role involves improving platform services, collaborating on product features, and upholding high standards in security and compliance. Ideal candidates will have a strong technical foundation, particularly in backend development and system design, and are expected to thrive in a collaborative environment with opportunities for mentorship.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience, particularly in backend systems.
• Experience with large-scale high-traffic applications.
• Familiarity with authentication frameworks and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement core abstractions and services.
• Improve reliability and scalability for platform services.
• Lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Backend development

System design

Collaboration

Security best practices

API development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering

Tools

Python

Go

Ruby

Job description

Why Harvey

Harvey is a secure AI platform for legal and professional services that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Harvey uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized and developed by our expert team of lawyers, engineers and research scientists. We’ve found product market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Harvey are:

• Exceptional product market fit: We have partnered with the largest law firms and professional service providers in the world, including Paul Weiss, A&O Shearman, Ashurst, O'Melveny & Myers, PwC, KKR, and many others.

• Strategic investors: Raised over $500 million from strategic investors including Sequoia, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and OpenAI.

• World-class team: Harvey is hiring the best talent from DeepMind, Google Brain, Stripe, FAIR, Tesla Autopilot, Glean, Superhuman, Figma, and more.

• Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.

• Performance: 4x ARR in 2024.

• Competitive compensation.

Role Overview

At Harvey, our platform team lays the foundation for everything we build. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll design and scale the core systems that power our legal AI product — from authentication and permissions to observability and integrations. You’ll work closely with product, infra, and security teams to drive velocity, reliability, and compliance across the stack. This is a high-leverage role for engineers who love building systems that scale and thrive on cross-functional collaboration.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement core abstractions and services that increase product velocity: notifications, data fetching patterns, data access abstractions, etc.

• Improve reliability, scalability, and compliance for platform services like permissions management, admin reporting, and customizations

• Develop and enhance platform features including authentication, compliance, and enterprise integrations across the legal tech ecosystem

• Partner closely with product teams to seamlessly integrate new features into core platform

• Uphold high standards for security, compliance, and maintainability throughout development cycles

• Lead technical design discussions, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior engineers

What You Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience)

• 3+ years of software development experience, particularly in backend systems or platform services

• Proficiency in backend-focused languages such as Python, Go, Ruby, or similar

• Experience with large-scale high-traffic applications, distributed systems, and scalable data storage solutions

• Experience with enterprise software features like permissions (RBAC), analytics, audit logs, notifications, self-serve onboarding, and provisioning

• Experience with authentication frameworks (SSO, SCIM, OAuth), compliance, and security best practices

• Experience with API development and enterprise integrations (SaaS, on-prem)

Compensation Range

$175,000 - $250,000 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 in the early innings of a generational company. Joining early at a hypergrowth startup has proven to lead to exponential growth in responsibility, access, and ability. Apply here today!