Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Harvey; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey, located in San Francisco, is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Developer Experience team. In this role, you'll develop and scale systems that enhance developer productivity, ensuring reliability and efficiency across the tech stack. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of experience in software engineering, particularly with backend systems and CI/CD frameworks. The position offers a competitive salary range of $231,000 – $340,000, and a focus on innovative AI applications in development processes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in backend systems.
• Strong software development best practices to ensure quality.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale a developer platform to accelerate Harvey's growth.
• Build infrastructure for testing performance of AI-native applications.
• Integrate AI agents in software development lifecycle.

Skills

Python

CI/CD systems

Distributed systems

Container technologies

Problem-solving

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Pulumi

Terraform

Job description

Role Overview

We build the CI/CD systems, internal frameworks, and platform-level guardrails that enable all Harvey engineers to ship ambitious AI features rapidly and safely.

As a Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team, you will be responsible for creating frameworks and systems that maximize the velocity and efficiency of every engineer at Harvey. You’ll work across the entire tech stack and collaborate with every team to instill reliability, automation, and simplicity into our developer workflows. You'll also have a unique opportunity to apply AI directly to the problem of developer productivity, defining the future of software development within an AI-native company.

What You'll Do

• Develop and scale a world‑class developer platform to accelerate Harvey's hyper‑growth. Boost velocity and stability through robust CI/CD systems, effective test frameworks, and reliable development environments.
• Build load testing and benchmarking infrastructure essential for evaluating and optimizing the performance of AI‑native applications.
• Pioneer the future of software development and site reliability engineering by integrating AI agents across the software development, deployment and maintenance lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Backend Platform teams to embed testability, reliability and observability into the platform, ensuring services built on our foundation are robust, easy to test and maintain.
• Work closely with engineering teams to gather feedback, evangelize best practices, and make the “paved road” a reality – empowering every Harvey engineer to move fast with confidence.
• Set the strategic direction and roadmap for scaling developer experience as Harvey expands, and contribute strategically to team decision‑making.
• Provide strong technical leadership and mentorship, upholding a high bar for engineering excellence across the team.

What You Have

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including building scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms.
• Proficiency in Python (or similar languages) and deep knowledge of backend development fundamentals and distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD systems (Builtekite, Github Actions), test frameworks, or load and performance testing.
• Hands‑on experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform).
• A track record of producing high‑quality, well‑tested code, consistently following software development best practices to ensure quality and reliability.
• Proven technical leadership throughout the entire project lifecycle, including ideation, design, implementation, and productionization.
• Experience mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and shaping culture to foster engineering excellence.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a passion for improving developer experience – you enjoy creating tools or frameworks that make other engineers more productive.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across teams and incorporate feedback.
• Experience integrating AI agents into a developer ecosystem is a strong plus.

Compensation

$231,000 – $340,000

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 [e-mail].