Senior Engineering Manager, Backend

The role

You will lead teams of backend engineers building core product surfaces for legal professionals. You will drive technical strategy, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and manage the architecture for an AI-powered application.

What you will do

• Lead engineers to define, build, and drive multi-quarter technical strategy for user-facing features.
• Collaborate with Design, Product, and AI teams to execute high-impact initiatives.
• Define and evolve architecture for an AI-powered application.
• Hire, grow, and retain engineers.
• Foster a culture of simplicity, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to code and architecture reviews.
• Unblock teams and lead by example.
• Align product initiatives with company goals.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a software engineering management role leading product engineering teams
• 6+ years of software engineering experience as a backend engineer
• A track record of leading high-performing, engaged engineering teams
• Strong product sense and an instinct for balancing speed, quality, and user impact
• Experience with backend systems (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and modern cloud-native infrastructure
• Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks before they occur and take decisive, proactive measures
• Experience building RAG pipelines and managing the data lifecycle

Nice to have

• Experience in high-growth environments
• Exposure to AI-powered applications or complex internal tools

Before you apply

• Must be authorized to work in India
• Visa sponsorship is not available

About the company

Harvey is transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise.