Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Harvey
Bengaluru
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Python","FastAPI","Flask","PostgreSQL","APIs","Authentication","Authorization","Logging","Metrics","On-call","LLMs","Agentic tools","Azure","AWS","GCP","Pee"]

Back-end software engineer building and operating production-grade, multi-tenant backend services for an AI-powered SaaS platform. You’ll design APIs, work with LLM integrations, ensure data is low-latency and securely auditable for enterprise/government clients, and collaborate across product, frontend, and design to ship scalable features.

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Harvey
Harvey
3 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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Job Summary

Back-end software engineer building and operating production-grade, multi-tenant backend services for an AI-powered SaaS platform. You’ll design APIs, work with LLM integrations, ensure data is low-latency and securely auditable for enterprise/government clients, and collaborate across product, frontend, and design to ship scalable features.
Location: Bengaluru
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate closely with Product to prioritize customer-focused work and deliver reliable features quickly in a fast-moving environment.
  • •Design and own backend services and APIs that power Harvey’s web applications, workflows, and integrations.
  • •Model and manage data in Postgres and related data stores to support low-latency, reliable user experiences.
  • •Build secure, multi-tenant, permissions-aware systems with appropriate auditing for enterprise and government customers.
  • •Implement backend features and workflows that use LLMs and agentic tools, orchestrating calls to our AI systems from robust, well-structured services.

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating production web applications or SaaS products.
  • •Strong programming skills in Python with FastAPI or Flask.
  • •Hands-on experience with relational databases (Postgres).
  • •Experience building for Cloud Infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
  • •Solid understanding of API design, authentication/authorization, background job patterns, and robust error handling.
Experience:12+ yearsSaasBackendPythonCloud
Skills:PythonFastAPIFlaskPostgreSQLAPIsAuthenticationAuthorizationLoggingMetricsOn-callLLMsAgentic toolsAzureAWSGCPPee
Tech Stack:PythonFastAPIFlaskPostgreSQLLLMAWSAzureGCPAPI designOn-callLoggingMonitoring

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Harvey
Harvey builds domain-specific generative AI for legal and professional services, automating contract analysis, due diligence, compliance, and litigation workflows for law firms and corporate legal teams.
Industry: LegalTech
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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Glassdoor: 4.1
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