Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - NYC

Harvey

• $238K — $290K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with ownership from concept to launch.
  • Strong engineering fundamentals in backend systems, APIs, and data modeling; exposure to modern frontend stacks.
  • Proven full-stack development experience, not limited to isolated services.
  • Deep knowledge of data pipelines, analytical systems, and document-heavy workflows.
  • Prior experience with AI-powered applications and workflow-driven systems.
  • Ability to debug complex production systems using engineering tools and intuition.
  • Strong product sense with the ability to translate business/user needs into technical solutions.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a cross-functional setting.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build end-to-end production systems across the full stack.
  • Develop vertical product capabilities including document ingestion and workflow orchestration.
  • Operate data-intensive systems, focusing on ETL pipelines and analytical models.
  • Work with a modern tech stack including Python, SQL, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Define system architecture and service boundaries with a focus on reliability and speed.
  • Ship customer-facing features quickly and iterate based on performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with customers to map requirements into technical designs.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with relocation assistance.
  • Opportunity to work on innovative projects in the legal tech space.
  • Direct collaboration with customers to impact product development.
  • Engagement in high-leverage and ambiguous problem-solving projects.
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
  • Retrieval over peta-byte scale documents
  • 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


What You Have
  • 6+ YoE (post-BS/MS) in a product focused full-stack software engineering role.
  • 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.


Compensation Range

$238,000 -$290,000 USD

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