Staff Backend Engineer for GenAI Platform

Harvey, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 231,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey, Inc. is building the future of professional services with a generational vision.

As a Backend Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team, you will own engineering initiatives across product lines and collaborate with AI, Legal, and GTM teams to deliver secure, scalable systems that provide real value to customers. We’re a fast-growing company with strong investor support and a culture that values decisiveness, simplicity, and completion.

Qualifications

• 10+ 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Backend engineering

SaaS experience

PWA technologies

Computer Science basics

Grit

Job description

Harvey, Inc. is building the future of professional services with a generational vision.

As a Backend Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team, you will own engineering initiatives across product lines and collaborate with AI, Legal, and GTM teams to deliver secure, scalable systems that provide real value to customers. We’re a fast-growing company with strong investor support and a culture that values decisiveness, simplicity, and completion.