Staff Software Engineer, Production Engineering

Harvey

$231K — $340K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, site reliability, or production engineering.
  • Deep knowledge of large-scale cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes operations in production settings.
  • Expertise in building distributed systems with reliability and scalability.
  • Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Strong capacity planning and operational efficiency understanding.
  • Experience with observability systems for monitoring and incident response.

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate the production infrastructure for Harvey's AI workloads.
  • Lead technical direction for compute, networking, Kubernetes, and orchestration.
  • Drive initiatives to enhance reliability and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with teams to create resilient infrastructure solutions.
  • Establish tooling and practices for safe service operations.
  • Improve compute resource efficiency and capacity management.
  • Enhance infrastructure security and compliance controls.

Benefits

  • Dynamic work environment at a leading AI company.
  • Opportunity to influence technical direction and strategy.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Focus on engineering excellence and innovative solutions.
  • Participation in mentoring and professional development.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Harvey is building the AI platform trusted by the world's leading law firms and enterprises. Our infrastructure is the foundation that powers every customer interaction, every model inference, and every production workload.

We're looking for a Production Engineer to help build and operate Harvey's core compute and networking infrastructure, Kubernetes platform, workflow orchestration platform, and production infrastructure foundations. You'll work on the systems that enable engineering teams to move quickly and operate reliable services at scale.

In this role, you'll improve the reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency of Harvey's infrastructure platform. You'll solve complex production challenges across compute fleet management, capacity planning, infrastructure automation, and production operations. You'll partner closely with Product Engineering, Security, AI Infrastructure, and Platform teams to ensure our infrastructure scales with Harvey's rapid growth.

At Harvey, we value Decisiveness, Simplicity, and the belief that Job's Not Finished. We move quickly, prioritize clarity, and continuously raise the bar for engineering excellence.

What You'll Do
Infrastructure Engineering & Technical Leadership
  • Design, build, and operate the production infrastructure that powers Harvey's products and AI workloads.
  • Drive technical direction across compute infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, and production operations.
  • Lead complex, cross-functional technical initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, security, operational efficiency, and infrastructure cost.
  • Partner with Product Engineering, Security, AI Infrastructure, and Platform teams to translate product and business requirements into resilient infrastructure solutions.
  • Establish reusable patterns, tooling, and paved paths that help engineering teams ship and operate production services safely.
  • Raise the engineering bar through thoughtful design reviews, clear technical documentation, operational rigor, and mentorship.
Infrastructure Foundation & Production Operations
  • Build and operate Harvey's global compute and network infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Improve compute utilization, performance, and service availability while supporting rapidly growing AI workloads.
  • Develop capacity models, demand forecasts, and fleet lifecycle automation to help infrastructure scale efficiently with business growth.
  • Operate and continuously improve Harvey's Kubernetes platform, including cluster provisioning, upgrades, networking, monitoring, reliability, performance, and operational automation.
  • Drive infrastructure cost efficiency through capacity management, resource rightsizing, workload optimization, and utilization monitoring.
  • Build secure infrastructure foundations, including identity and access management, network isolation, secrets management, auditing, and compliance controls.
  • Develop scalable Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks using technologies such as Terraform and Pulumi.
  • Improve observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and operational readiness across the infrastructure platform.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation, lead incident response when needed, and turn production learnings into durable engineering improvements.


What You Have
  • 10+ years of software, infrastructure, site reliability, or production engineering experience.
  • Deep experience building and operating large-scale cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Strong hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production, including cluster lifecycle management, networking, and reliability.
  • Experience building and operating distributed systems with strong reliability, scalability, and performance characteristics.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Strong understanding of compute infrastructure, networking, capacity planning, fleet management, and production operations.
  • Experience designing and operating observability systems, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response.
  • Strong understanding of infrastructure security, including IAM, network security, secrets management, and compliance best practices.
  • A track record of driving complex, cross-functional technical initiatives and influencing engineering decisions without relying on formal authority.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to engineering partners and other stakeholders.
  • A systems-thinking mindset and a passion for building simple, reliable, and scalable infrastructure platforms.
Nice to Have
  • Experience supporting AI/ML or LLM infrastructure at scale.
  • Experience operating GPU fleets, high-performance compute infrastructure, or large-scale capacity planning.
  • Experience with multi-cloud infrastructure or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling that improves engineering velocity and production safety.


Compensation

$231,000 - $340,000 USD

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