Staff Backend Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Staff Backend Software Engineer at Harvey, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the foundation of our product platform while directly building user-facing features for some of the world’s leading law firms and enterprise customers.

In Short

• 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.

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 role-based access control (RBAC), feature flag systems, and third-party integrations.
• Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail.
• Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines.
• Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge.

Benefits

• Be part of building something special as a founding member of our Toronto team.
• Structured hybrid working arrangement: 3 days in our Toronto office, 2 days working from home.