Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack (Frontend)
HarveySan Francisco, CAposted 1d ago
- PayUSD / yr
- $231k – 314k
- Where
- San Francisco, CA
- Posted
- Nov 3
- yesterday
- Type
- Full-time
- Setup
- On-site
At a glance
Lead full-stack engineering projects that power Harvey’s secure legal AI platform, from scalable document processing and retrieval to agentic workflows and intuitive web, desktop, mobile, and API experiences.
Summarized by AI from the original posting
What you'll do
- Scale document ingestion and processing
- Design large-scale data collection across 50+ legal jurisdictions
- Build high-security systems
- Lead projects bringing AI to web, desktop, mobile, Google Docs, MS Word, and API experiences
- Build AI-platform and AI-native features including agentic orchestration, tool calls, and retrieval systems
- Develop full-stack UX and APIs for streaming results, long-running processes, and tool-calling workflows
Requirements
- 01Experience building fast-growing SaaS products
- 02Track record of shipping intuitive products
- 03Experience building scalable, extensible solutions across multiple product lines
- 04Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
- 05Early-stage startup experience is a plus
Skills
Full description
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. 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. We have 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 moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role OverviewAs a Staff Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team at Harvey, you will own and lead engineering projects across our various product lines. You will work closely with our AI, Legal, and GTM teams to build secure systems that deliver value to our customers. We are looking for individuals who have worked across the stack on incredible products across consumer, enterprise, and various industries and who are excited about building the future of application layer and genAI products.
What You'll DoScale document ingestion and processing that 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 that delight customers in bringing 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—to architect intuitive UX and robust APIs for streaming results, long-running processes, and complex tool-calling workflows.
10+ YoE (post-BS/MS) in a product focused full-stack software engineering role.
Experience with React, Typescript, CSS (we use TailwindCSS), Python, or related.
Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products.
Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail.
Experience building scalable and extensible solutions across the stack that can support multiple product lines.
Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge.
Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus.
$231,000 - $314,350 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 accommodations@harvey.ai
Compensation: $231,000 - $314,350