Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Harvey

$238K — $290K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms.
  • Proficiency in Python or similar languages, with expertise in backend development and distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems such as Builtekite and GitHub Actions, alongside test frameworks and performance testing.
  • Familiarity with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code tools such as Pulumi and Terraform.
  • Proven track record of producing high-quality, well-tested code following software development best practices.
  • Technical leadership experience throughout project lifecycles, including architecting and productionizing software solutions.
  • Demonstrated mentoring abilities and experience in shaping engineering culture.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and scale a world-class developer platform to enhance velocity and stability using robust CI/CD systems.
  • Build load testing and benchmarking frameworks for AI-native application performance optimization.
  • Integrate AI agents into the software development and maintenance lifecycle to pioneer future development practices.
  • Collaborate with Backend Platform teams to embed quality assurance, reliability, and observability into services.
  • Gather feedback from engineering teams and promote best practices to create a reliable development pipeline.
  • Set strategic direction for scaling developer experience, contributing to team decision-making processes.
  • Mentor and provide technical leadership, maintaining high standards for engineering excellence.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work within a fast-growing AI-native company.
  • Unique chance to lead innovations in developer productivity and experience.
  • Collaborative environment working across multiple teams and tech stacks.
  • Potential involvement in shaping the future direction of software development tools.
  • Ability to impact the development workflows of engineers across the company.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

The Developer Experience team is what keeps Harvey's fast growth momentum possible - the kind of fast where every week brings new products, new capabilities, and new challenges. 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.

If you are passionate about building foundational platforms to enable other engineers to move fast with confidence, we'd love to hear from you.

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 Range

$238,000 - $290,000 USD

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