Software Engineer, Security

Harvey
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 161,000 - 245,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 2+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Debugging","Judgment"]

Build and operate foundational security services that protect both Harvey’s customer-facing product and internal systems. You’ll develop identity and access management, secrets and privileged access, agent sandboxes, and secure-by-default libraries that turn security requirements into reliable production systems. Own end-to-end delivery, on-call for mission-critical security services, and partner with engineers to improve security outcomes through incident response, reviews, and documentation.

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Software Engineer, Security

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Job Summary

Build and operate foundational security services that protect both Harvey’s customer-facing product and internal systems. You’ll develop identity and access management, secrets and privileged access, agent sandboxes, and secure-by-default libraries that turn security requirements into reliable production systems. Own end-to-end delivery, on-call for mission-critical security services, and partner with engineers to improve security outcomes through incident response, reviews, and documentation.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and operate identity and access services across customer-facing product, workforce, and infrastructure systems (authentication, authorization, access governance, secrets, privileged access).
  • •Improve security-critical customer environment setup, including identity/access, policies, and integrations that are secure by default.
  • •Design identity controls, sandboxes, and safety harnesses supporting least privilege, constrained actions, auditability, and monitoring.
  • •Create secure-by-default libraries, self-service tooling, and agentic workflows that automate security triage, remediation, and evidence collection.
  • •Own security systems from design through production, participate in on-call, contribute to incident response, and raise the bar through reviews and documentation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 161,000 - 245,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •2+ years of software engineering experience shipping and operating production services.
  • •Experience building or contributing to security infrastructure such as identity and access management, authentication/authorization, secrets management, or privileged access.
  • •Strong programming, debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills across unfamiliar systems and domains.
  • •Experience with cloud infrastructure such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or Amazon Web Services, and familiarity with distributed-system patterns.
  • •A track record of translating security requirements into maintainable, automated systems.
Experience:2+ years
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingDebuggingJudgment
Tech Stack:Microsoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformAmazon Web ServicesSCIMOpenID Connect (OIDC)SAMLOpen Policy Agent (OPA)CedarZanzibarAgentic coding tools

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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