Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Harvey is transforming how legal and professional services operate through AI and an enterprise-grade platform. The role involves building frameworks and systems that enhance developer productivity and efficiency, enabling rapid deployment of AI features across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and scale a world-class developer platform to accelerate Harvey's hyper growth. Boost velocity and stability through robust CI/CD systems, effective test frameworks, and reliable development environments
• Build load testing and benchmarking infrastructure essential for evaluating and optimizing the performance of AI-native applications
• Pioneer the future of software development and site reliability engineering by integrating AI agents across the software development, deployment and maintenance lifecycle
• Collaborate with Backend Platform teams to embed testability, reliability and observability into the platform, ensuring services built on our foundation are robust, easy to test and maintain
• Work closely with engineering teams to gather feedback, evangelize best practices, and make the 'paved road' a reality — empowering every Harvey engineer to move fast with confidence
• Set the strategic direction and roadmap for scaling developer experience as Harvey expands, and contribute strategically to team decision-making
• Provide strong technical leadership and mentorship, upholding a high bar for engineering excellence across the team

Requirements:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including building scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms
• Proficiency in Python (or similar languages) and deep knowledge of backend development fundamentals and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Builtekite, Github Actions), test frameworks, or load and performance testing
• Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform)
• A track record of producing high-quality, well-tested code, consistently following software development best practices to ensure quality and reliability
• Proven technical leadership throughout the entire project lifecycle, including ideation, design, implementation, and productionization
• Experience mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and shaping culture to foster engineering excellence
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving developer experience — you enjoy creating tools or frameworks that make other engineers more productive
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across teams and incorporate feedback
• Experience integrating AI agents into a developer ecosystem is a strong plus