Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Harvey Harvey · AI Frontier · Toronto, ON · Engineering

Staff Frontend Software Engineer at Harvey, a company transforming legal and professional services with AI. The role focuses on building user-facing features and foundational platform infrastructure (authentication, permissions, notifications, etc.) for enterprise customers, directly impacting user engagement with AI-powered legal tools. Requires 5+ years of frontend experience, strong TypeScript/React skills, and familiarity with enterprise SaaS patterns.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and build foundational infrastructure including authentication, permissions, feature flagging, notifications, and document management integrations
  2. Build and evolve Harvey’s internal product platform, accelerating development across multiple product lines and engineering teams
  3. Lead development of enterprise-facing features, such as secure multi-party collaboration, cross-organization workflows, and robust admin controls
  4. Maintain high standards for security, privacy, and system reliability, particularly in handling sensitive legal data
  5. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, AI, design, and GTM teams to deliver delightful, enterprise-ready experiences

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of frontend-focused software engineering experience
  • Experience working across the stack to ship user-facing features with measurable impact
  • Strong knowledge of frontend technologies such as React, Typescript, and CSS
  • Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge

Nice to have

  • 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

What the JD emphasized

  • enterprise-grade platform
  • foundational infrastructure
  • AI-powered legal tools
  • enterprise-facing features
  • sensitive legal data