Harvey

Harvey

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Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$238K – $290K/yr
Location
San Francisco, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles supporting production environments

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Role Summary

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The Staff Software Engineer will join Harvey’s Site Reliability team to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of its legal AI platform. The role owns infrastructure and operational systems across more than 50 global regions, helping keep the platform fast, secure, and resilient as it grows.

What You'll Do

  • Design, implement, and manage monitoring, alerting, and infrastructure resources across 50+ global regions
  • Lead incident management processes, including postmortems and root cause analyses
  • Automate operational tasks and workflows for capacity planning, graceful rollouts, and safe data access
  • Establish best practices for security, compliance, and reliability across the software lifecycle
  • Optimize infrastructure costs through capacity planning and build-versus-buy decisions
  • Provide technical mentorship and leadership to promote best practices and team growth

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Qualifications

Infrastructure as code tools; observability and incident response practices; cloud infrastructure platforms; Python, Bash, Go, or similar programming languages; CI/CD, Kubernetes, containerization, networking, databases, and cloud security principles; diagnosing complex system problems and implementing durable solutions; mentoring and guiding technical teams

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles supporting production environments
  • Proven ability to mentor and guide technical teams
  • Expertise in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or CloudFormation
  • Deep familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog or Sentry
  • Deep familiarity with incident response practices such as PagerDuty or IncidentIO
  • Proficiency with cloud infrastructure platforms such as Azure, GCP, or AWS
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
  • Proven track record of diagnosing complex system problems and implementing durable solutions

Original job description

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Why Harvey

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. 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.

This 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.

Our 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. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

Role Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Site Reliability team at Harvey, you will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our legal AI platform. You’ll join a high-leverage team that sits at the intersection of infrastructure and product, owning the systems that keep our platform fast, secure, and always on. From scaling across 50+ regions to automating mission-critical operations, your work will ensure that Harvey remains resilient as we grow. If you’re passionate about building robust systems and reducing complexity through automation, we’d love to work with you. 

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

What You’ll Do

  • Design, implement, and manage monitoring, alerting, and infrastructure resources (compute, storage, networking) across 50+ global regions

  • Lead incident management processes, including postmortems, root cause analyses, and driving actionable improvements

  • Automate operational tasks and workflows, building tools and processes for capacity planning, graceful rollouts, and safe data access to maintain high reliability and reduce manual intervention

  • Establish best practices for security, compliance, and reliability and collaborate across teams to drive these principles throughout the software lifecycle

  • Optimize infrastructure costs through strategic capacity planning and build-versus-buy decisions while maintaining system performance, reliability, and functionality

  • Provide technical mentorship and leadership, promoting best practices and fostering team growth

What You Have 

  • 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or similar roles supporting production environments, with proven ability to mentor and guide technical teams

  • Expertise in infrastructure as code(IaC) tools (Pulumi, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)

  • Deep familiarity with observability tools (Datadog, Sentry, etc.) and incident response practices (PagerDuty, IncidentIO, etc.)

  • Proficiency with cloud infrastructure platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS, etc.)

  • Strong programming skills (Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages)

  • Proven track record of diagnosing complex system problems and implementing durable solutions

  • Solid understanding of CI/CD, Kubernetes, containerization, networking, databases, and cloud security principles

  • Excellent problem-solving skills, meticulous attention to detail, and a commitment to operational excellence

Compensation Range

$238,000 - $290,000 USD

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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing [email protected]

Harvey

About the company

Harvey

Startup

Harvey is an innovative technology company focused on streamlining the recruitment process through cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions. By leveraging data-driven insights, Harvey enhances the connection between employers and job seekers, making it easier for companies to find the right talent efficiently. With a commitment to improving the hiring experience for both candidates and organizations, Harvey is at the forefront of transforming traditional recruitment methods into a more effective, user-friendly approach.