Staff Software Engineer, OfficeJS
$231k - $340k • Remote • San Francisco • 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. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own and lead the development of Harvey in Word, our Microsoft Office Add-in built on OfficeJS. This role involves architecting and shipping features that integrate seamlessly with Word, addressing the unique challenges of building performant, polished experiences within the Office Add-in environment. You will join a team of highly motivated engineers and may contribute to our Outlook integration and the next generation of agentic AI interfaces across the Microsoft suite.
Responsibilities
- Own and lead the technical direction of Harvey in Word and other Microsoft Office integrations.
- Build the AI-native editing experience, including agentic document rewrites, real-time redlining, and playbook automation.
- Design and build sophisticated integrations with Microsoft Word using the OfficeJS API.
- Architect scalable, maintainable solutions for the Office Add-in environment across platforms.
- Build polished, high-performance interfaces with crisp interactions and resilient error handling.
- Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams on APIs and UX for AI-powered features.
- Navigate Office Add-in requirement sets, versioning, and cross-platform compatibility.
- Contribute to Harvey in Outlook and shape future agentic AI interfaces across the Microsoft suite.
- Mentor engineers, drive technical decisions, and improve quality and developer experience.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with significant depth in Office Add-in development using OfficeJS.
- Experience building and shipping a production Office Add-in product, ideally at enterprise scale.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Deep understanding of Office Add-in architecture, requirement sets, manifest configuration, and cross-platform considerations.
- Experience with React or similar modern frontend frameworks.
- Track record of shipping highly intuitive products with strong attention to detail.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Add-in guidelines and AppSource submission process is a plus.
- Experience with Outlook Add-ins or other Microsoft 365 integrations is a plus.
- Background in legal tech or enterprise SaaS is a plus.
- Experience building products that integrate with AI/LLM capabilities is a plus.