Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

The role

You will develop and scale a developer platform to accelerate growth. You will build CI/CD systems, test frameworks, and load testing infrastructure while integrating AI agents into the development lifecycle.

What you will do

• Develop and scale a developer platform to boost velocity and stability.
• Build load testing and benchmarking infrastructure for AI-native applications.
• Integrate AI agents across the software development, deployment and maintenance lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Backend Platform teams to embed testability, reliability and observability.
• Work with engineering teams to gather feedback and evangelize best practices.
• Set the strategic direction and roadmap for scaling developer experience.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including building scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms.
• Proficiency in Python (or similar languages).
• Deep knowledge of backend development fundamentals and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Builtekite, Github Actions), test frameworks, or load and performance testing.
• Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform).
• Track record of producing high-quality, well-tested code.
• Proven technical leadership throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Experience mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and shaping culture.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating AI agents into a developer ecosystem is a strong plus.

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.