Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Harvey AI · Toronto
CHECKED 8H AGO
Applied AIremotestaff$138k–$190k
At a glance
Highlights
- Shape core platform powering secure AI experiences for leading global law firms.
- Build enterprise collaboration and multi-party workflows for legal teams.
- Own foundational infrastructure from notifications to document integrations.
What they offer
- Bonus plan eligibility
- Annual equity refresh grants
- Relocation assistance
Ideal candidate
A platform-minded backend builder with 5+ years shipping polished enterprise products who thrives moving between deep infrastructure thinking and fast, high-bar product iteration for demanding customers.
Requirements
- 5+ years (post-BS/MS) of backend-focused software engineering experience on platform and/or product-oriented teams
- Experience working across the stack to ship user-facing features with measurable impact
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, REST/gRPC APIs, databases, and scalable service architectures
- Familiarity with or interest in enterprise SaaS patterns, such as role-based access control (RBAC), feature flag systems, and third-party integrations
- Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail
- Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines
- Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
- remote policy
- Hybrid - 3 days in Toronto office, 2 days from home
- visa sponsorship
- No visa sponsorship - must have valid Canadian work rights
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