Senior Software Engineer, Backend - NYC
$193k - $290k • Remote • New York • FullTime
Posted 1mo ago
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 role offers a chance to build a generational company at an inflection point, with strong product-market fit and world-class investor support, scaling fast and defining a new category. The team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission, operating with intensity and pushing for excellence. As a Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team, you will own and lead engineering projects across various product lines, working closely with AI, Legal, and GTM teams to build secure systems that deliver value to customers. We seek individuals excited about building the future of application layer and genAI products.
Responsibilities
- Scale document ingestion and processing, which 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 to deliver 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.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience (post-BS/MS) in a product-focused full-stack software engineering role.
- Experience with React, Typescript, CSS (TailwindCSS), Python, or related.
- Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products.
- Track record of shipping highly intuitive products with strong attention to detail.
- Experience building scalable and extensible solutions across the stack.
- Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge.
- Grit; experience working at early-stage startups is a plus.