Staff Software Engineer, Platform

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate — not incrementally, but end-to-end. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 700+ customers in 58+ countries, strong product-market fit, and world-class investor support, we’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.

Our team is sharp, motivated, and deeply committed to the mission. We move fast, operate with intensity, and take real ownership of the problems we tackle — from early thinking to long-term outcomes. We stay close to our customers — from leadership to engineers — and work together to solve real problems with urgency and care. If you thrive in ambiguity, push for excellence, and want to help shape the future of work alongside others who raise the bar, we invite you to build with us.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

At Harvey, our platform team lays the foundation for everything we build. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll design and scale the core systems that power our legal AI product — from authentication and permissions to observability and integrations. You’ll work closely with product, infra, and security teams to drive velocity, reliability, and compliance across the stack. This is a high-leverage role for engineers who love building systems that scale and thrive on cross-functional collaboration.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement core abstractions and services that increase product velocity: notifications, data fetching patterns, data access abstractions, etc.

• Improve reliability, scalability, and compliance for platform services like permissions management, admin reporting, and customizations.Develop and enhance platform features including authentication, compliance, and enterprise integrations across the legal tech ecosystem

• Partner closely with product teams to seamlessly integrate new features into core platform

• Establish best practices in security, compliance, and maintainability throughout development cycles

• Provide technical mentorship and leadership, promoting best practices and fostering team growth

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience)

• 10+ years of software development experience, particularly in backend systems or platform services, with proven ability to mentor and guide technical teams

• Proficiency in backend-focused languages such as Python, Go, Ruby, or similar

• Experience with large-scale high-traffic applications, distributed systems, and scalable data storage solutions

• Experience with enterprise software features like permissions (RBAC), analytics, audit logs, notifications, self-serve onboarding, and provisioning

• Experience with authentication frameworks (SSO, SCIM, OAuth), compliance, and security best practices

• Experience with API development and enterprise integrations (SaaS, on-prem)

$238,000 - $290,000 USD

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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing [email protected]