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Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Harvey AI · Toronto

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Applied AIremotestaff$138k–$190k
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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
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