Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Remote • Toronto • FullTime
Posted 1mo ago
Job Location
Toronto
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
Harvey is transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise. This is a chance to help build a generational company at an inflection point, with strong product-market fit and investor support, scaling fast and defining a new category. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth is unmatched. The team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission, operating with intensity and pushing for excellence. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in constructing the foundation of our product platform while directly building user-facing features for leading law firms and enterprise customers. This team owns and operates the platform layer enabling secure, reliable, and flexible experiences, including notifications, permissions, and feature flag infrastructure, as well as enterprise-grade collaboration experiences.
Responsibilities
- Design and build foundational backend infrastructure including authentication, permissions, feature flagging, notifications, and document management integrations.
- Build and evolve Harvey’s internal product platform to accelerate development across multiple product lines and engineering teams.
- Lead development of enterprise-facing features such as secure multi-party collaboration, cross-organization workflows, and robust admin controls.
- Maintain high standards for security, privacy, and system reliability, particularly in handling sensitive legal data.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, AI, design, and GTM teams to deliver delightful, enterprise-ready experiences.
Requirements
- 4+ years of backend-focused software engineering experience on platform and/or product-oriented teams.
- Experience working across the stack to ship user-facing features with measurable impact.
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, REST/gRPC APIs, databases, and scalable service architectures.
- Familiarity with or interest in enterprise SaaS patterns (e.g., role-based access control, feature flag systems, third-party integrations).
- Strong attention to detail.
- Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines.
- Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge.
Benefits
- Be part of building something special as a founding member of our Toronto team.
- Structured hybrid working arrangement: 3 days in our Toronto office, 2 days working from home.
- Relocation assistance to new employees.