Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Harvey

$193K — $290K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in full-stack software engineering after obtaining a BS/MS degree
  • Proficiency in React, TypeScript, CSS (preferably TailwindCSS), and Python
  • Experience with rapidly growing SaaS product development
  • Demonstrated ability to create highly intuitive user experiences
  • Expertise in building scalable solutions across multiple product lines
  • Strong programming skills with a solid foundation in Computer Science
  • Experience in early-stage startups is preferred (grit is valued).

Responsibilities

  • Scale document ingestion and processing capabilities to match 10x growth
  • Design data collection systems spanning over 50 legal jurisdictions
  • Implement government-level security for high-profile clients
  • Lead projects integrating AI across web, desktop, mobile, Google Docs, MS Word, and API
  • Develop AI-platform and AI-native features such as orchestration layers and retrieval systems
  • Ship full stack products utilizing React and TypeScript on the frontend and Python and Postgres on the backend.

Benefits

  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams, including AI and Legal
  • Opportunity to work on innovative AI-driven products
  • Role focused on impactful projects that enhance user experience
  • Access to a fast-paced startup culture that rewards initiative and creativity.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

As a Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team at Harvey, you will own and lead engineering projects across our various product lines. You will work closely with our AI, Legal, and GTM teams to build secure systems that deliver value to our customers. We are looking for individuals who have worked across the stack on incredible products across consumer, enterprise, and various industries and who are excited about building the future of application layer and genAI products.

What You'll Do
  • 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.


What You Have
  • 5+ Years of experience (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.


Compensation

$193,400 - $290,000 USD

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