Technical Program Manager, Platform & Infrastructure

Harvey Harvey · AI Frontier · San Francisco, CA · Engineering

This role is for a Staff Technical Program Manager focused on Harvey's platform and infrastructure as the company scales. The TPM will drive critical horizontal initiatives like cloud migrations, cost optimization, capacity planning, and the buildout of internal platform foundations. They will work closely with engineering, security, and finance teams, manage external vendor relationships (AWS, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic), and define/report on infrastructure health metrics. The role requires deep technical fluency in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, databases, networking, observability, and CI/CD, with a track record of managing large, ambiguous programs and influencing senior stakeholders.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own end-to-end execution of Harvey's most strategic platform & infrastructure programs, including cloud migrations, infrastructure cost optimization, capacity planning, BYOC, and the buildout of the new Backend Platform team's foundations, partnering deeply with Infra and Platform leadership.
  2. Lead Harvey's infrastructure cost program: establish ownership, accountability, and reporting mechanisms across engineering teams; partner with Finance on forecasting and unit economics.
  3. Drive horizontal platform & infrastructure initiatives end-to-end, coordinating across engineering, security, and GTM teams as needed to unblock execution and align stakeholders.
  4. Own structured engagement with strategic external vendors (AWS, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic), including capacity commitments, contract optimization, escalation paths, and joint planning.
  5. Define, measure, and report on platform & infrastructure health metrics (cost, capacity headroom, migration progress, platform adoption, reliability SLOs), and hold the org accountable for sustained improvement.

Skills

Required

  • technical program management
  • cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Kubernetes
  • databases
  • networking
  • observability
  • CI/CD
  • platform/service frameworks
  • leading and influencing senior engineering stakeholders
  • written and verbal communication
  • distilling complex technical tradeoffs
  • building durable mechanisms
  • comfort with ambiguity

Nice to have

  • infrastructure cost programs in a high-growth environment
  • cloud migration at scale
  • BYOC rollout
  • major platform consolidation
  • standing up or scaling an internal platform / developer experience function
  • managing strategic vendor relationships with hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • managing strategic vendor relationships with foundation model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic)
  • modern infra stack at scale: Terraform, Kubernetes, service meshes, data platforms, and observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • prior experience as an engineering manager, platform/infrastructure engineer, or SRE

What the JD emphasized

  • track record of driving large, ambiguous, multi-quarter platform or infrastructure programs to completion at scale
  • Deep technical fluency in core platform and infrastructure domains: cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, databases, networking, observability, CI/CD, and platform/service frameworks.
  • Experience driving at least one of: a cloud migration at scale, a major infrastructure cost program with measurable financial impact, an internal platform buildout, or a comparably large horizontal platform/infrastructure initiative.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and influence senior engineering stakeholders, including Staff+ ICs, engineering managers, and executive sponsors, without direct authority.
  • A track record of building durable mechanisms (review forums, metrics, operating cadences) that outlive any individual program and scale with the org.