Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Harvey; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in San Francisco seeks a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend to lead engineering projects defining user experiences for various products. The ideal candidate has strong experience with React, TypeScript, and a detail-oriented approach to building intuitive interfaces. This role emphasizes collaboration with design teams and mentorship within a motivated engineering group.

Qualifications

• Experience with React, Typescript, and CSS (TailwindCSS).
• Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products using PWA technologies.
• Strong attention to detail in shipping highly intuitive products.

Responsibilities

• Build new interfaces for lawyers to collaborate with AI.
• Lead UI features from design to implementation.
• Optimize frontend performance at scale.
• Mentor peers through thoughtful code reviews.

Skills

React

TypeScript

CSS

Job description

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Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend at Harvey, you will own and lead engineering projects that define the user experience of our different products: Assistant, Vault, Workflows, and Harvey in Microsoft Word and Outlook. You will also lead frontend engineering on new products that we are building at Harvey. The team is composed of highly motivated, skilled, and considerate engineers. Everything we touch is polished to high standards extending to all aspects of our work – from design to architecture to code to slack communication. If any of this resonates with you, this role might be right for you.

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

• Build new interfaces for lawyers and organizations to collaborate with AI.
• Lead end-to-end UI features for Assistant, Vault, Workflows, our Word/Outlook add-ins, and future Harvey products — from scoping and design reviews to implementation, launch, and iteration.
• Build polished, high-performance React + TypeScript interfaces using TailwindCSS, with crisp interactions, resilient state management, and strong error handling.
• Architect reusable components and patterns and evolve our internal design system.
• Optimize frontend performance at scale.
• Collaborate tightly with design and backend/infrastructure to shape APIs and UX for long-running jobs, streaming results, and tool-calling workflows.
• Raise the bar on frontend reliability and security UX for enterprise and regulated environments.
• Mentor peers through thoughtful code reviews and documentation; help refine our frontend standards and developer experience.

What You Have

• Experience with React, Typescript, and CSS (we use TailwindCSS)
• Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products by leveraging PWA technologies
• Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail
• Experience working at startups and scaleups (anywhere from early-to-late-stage) is a plus

Compensation

$175,000 - $280,000 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 [e-mail].