Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Harvey Harvey · AI Frontier · New York, NY · Engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Backend role focused on building and scaling enterprise-grade AI products, specifically agentic AI systems and their associated platform features. The role involves full-stack development, focusing on backend systems for document ingestion, data collection, security, and integrating AI-native features like agent orchestration, tool calls, and retrieval systems across various user experiences.

What you'd actually do

  1. Scale document ingestion and processing that is growing at 10x every 6 months
  2. Design massive data collection from over 50+ legal jurisdictions
  3. Build government-level security for top governments and firms
  4. Lead projects that delight customers in bringing AI to web, desktop, mobile, Google Docs, MS Word, and API experiences.
  5. Build AI-platform and AI-native features like agentic orchestration layers, tool calls, and retrieval systems.
  6. Ship across the full stack—leveraging React and TypeScript on the frontend alongside Python and Postgres on the backend.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ Years of experience (post-BS/MS) in a product focused full-stack software engineering role.
  • Experience with React, Typescript, CSS (we use TailwindCSS), Python, or related.
  • Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products.
  • Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail.
  • Experience building scalable and extensible solutions across the stack that can support multiple product lines.
  • Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge.

Nice to have

  • Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • agentic orchestration layers
  • tool calls
  • retrieval systems

Other signals

  • building the future of application layer and genAI products
  • agentic orchestration layers
  • tool calls
  • retrieval systems