Software Engineer, Database Infra
Harvey AI · San Francisco
CHECKED 8H AGO
Applied AIremotestaff$191k–$325k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own migration governance and safe deployment practices for a global fleet.
- Drive multi-region scaling strategy as the platform expands to new markets.
- Build self-service tooling and guardrails so engineering teams move fast safely.
What they offer
- Equity
- Bonus
- Relocation assistance
Ideal candidate
A hands-on technical leader who thrives owning critical data infrastructure and raising the bar for reliability. You enjoy deep problem-solving, influencing across teams, and building durable practices in fast-moving environments.
Requirements
- Experience operating PostgreSQL at fleet scale across regions and availability zones
- Expertise in replication topologies, failover automation, and consistency trade-offs
- Deep fluency with database observability using Datadog, pganalyze, or custom instrumentation
- Track record leading zero-downtime major version upgrades or sharding initiatives
- Proficiency with cloud database services and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or Pulumi
- Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams via RFCs and standards
- Clear communication with both executive leadership and junior engineers
Lab profile
About Harvey AI
Builds frontier agentic AI platform transforming legal and professional services knowledge work.
What they build
- Enterprise AI platform for legal services
- Agentic workflows for professional knowledge work
Known for
- Frontier agentic AI
- Enterprise-grade platform
- Deep legal domain expertise