Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Harvey
Toronto, Canada
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["REST","GRPC","RBAC","Feature flag","Security","Privacy","Distributedsystems","Databases","Authentication","Permissions","Notifications","Document management"]

A senior backend-focused engineer designs and builds foundational infrastructure, security, and enterprise features for a rapidly growing AI-powered legal tech platform, collaborating with product, AI, design, and GTM teams to deliver enterprise-ready experiences for top law firms and enterprises.

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Harvey
Harvey
1 year ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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Job Summary

A senior backend-focused engineer designs and builds foundational infrastructure, security, and enterprise features for a rapidly growing AI-powered legal tech platform, collaborating with product, AI, design, and GTM teams to deliver enterprise-ready experiences for top law firms and enterprises.
Location: Toronto, Canada
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build foundational backend infrastructure including authentication, permissions, feature flagging, notifications, and document management integrations.
  • •Build and evolve Harvey’s internal product platform, accelerating development across multiple product lines and engineering teams.
  • •Lead development of enterprise-facing features, such as secure multi-party collaboration, cross-organization workflows, and robust admin controls.
  • •Maintain high standards for security, privacy, and system reliability, particularly in handling sensitive legal data.
  • •Collaborate cross-functionally with product, AI, design, and GTM teams to deliver delightful, enterprise-ready experiences.

Key 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 RBAC, feature flag systems, and third-party integrations.
  • •Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail.
Experience:5+ yearsEnterprise SaaSLegal tech
Skills:RESTGRPCRBACFeature flagSecurityPrivacyDistributedsystemsDatabasesAuthenticationPermissionsNotificationsDocument management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RESTGRPCRBACFeature flagAuthenticationPermissionsNotificationsDocument managementDistributed systemsDatabases

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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