Harvey
Staff/Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product Engineering
$231K–$340K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years post-BS/MS.
About the job
Leads cross-team product engineering projects to build Harvey’s AI-powered legal services platform across web, desktop, mobile, embedded integrations, and APIs.
What you'll do
- Lead high-priority projects spanning teams and product lines, and set technical direction.
- Build AI-native capabilities and scalable, secure systems, including agent workflows, retrieval, and document processing.
- Ship product experiences and APIs across the stack; mentor senior and staff engineers.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of post-BS/MS product-focused software engineering experience, operating at Staff level or above.
- Experience building scalable, extensible systems for multiple product lines and shipping intuitive products in fast-growing SaaS.
- Depth in full stack, backend, or agents/AI; for agents/AI, Python proficiency and hands-on experience building and shipping agentic systems.
- Strong programming and Computer Science skills, plus a track record of influencing engineers and leaders beyond direct scope.
Nice to have
- Early-stage startup experience.
- Experience with CSS and TailwindCSS.
Pay
$231,000 – $340,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
React, TypeScript, CSS, TailwindCSS, Python, Postgres, Claude Code, Cursor
AI focus
Build AI-platform and AI-native product capabilities, including agent harnesses, custom agents and workflows, tool calling, retrieval, memory and context management, personalization, and evaluations; use AI coding tools in engineering work.
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