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By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.\nThis is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth - personal, professional, and financial - is unmatched.\nOur team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission - operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. 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Boost velocity and stability through robust CI/CD systems, effective test frameworks, and reliable development environments..\n\nBuild load testing and benchmarking infrastructure essential for evaluating and optimizing the performance of AI-native applications.\n\nPioneer the future of software development and site reliability engineering by integrating AI agents across the software development, deployment and maintenance lifecycle.\n\nCollaborate with Backend Platform teams to embed testability, reliability and observability into the platform, ensuring services built on our foundation are robust, easy to test and maintain.\n\nWork closely with engineering teams to gather feedback, evangelize best practices, and make the “paved road” a reality - empowering every Harvey engineer to move fast with confidence.\n\nSet the strategic direction and roadmap for scaling developer experience as Harvey expands, and contribute strategically to team decision-making.\n\nProvide strong technical leadership and mentorship, upholding a high bar for engineering excellence across the team.\n\nWhat You Have\n7+ years of software engineering experience, including building scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms.\n\nProficiency in Python (or similar languages) and deep knowledge of backend development fundamentals and distributed systems.\n\nHands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Builtekite, Github Actions), test frameworks, or load and performance testing.\n\nHands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform).\n\nA track record of producing high-quality, well-tested code, consistently following software development best practices to ensure quality and reliability.\n\nProven technical leadership throughout the entire project lifecycle, including ideation, design, implementation, and productionization.\n\nExperience mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and shaping culture to foster engineering excellence.\n\nStrong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving developer experience - you enjoy creating tools or frameworks that make other engineers more productive\n\nExcellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across teams and incorporate feedback.\n\nExperience integrating AI agents into a developer ecosystem is a strong plus.\n\nCompensation\n$231,000 - $340,000\nDepending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. 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