Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Build foundational backend infrastructure and enterprise-facing collaboration features for an AI-powered legal platform. The role requires 4+ years of backend software engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, and strong programming fundamentals.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design and build foundational backend infrastructure, including authentication, permissions, feature flagging, notifications, and document-management integrations.
- Build and evolve the internal product platform to accelerate development across multiple product lines and engineering teams.
- Lead development of enterprise-facing features such as secure multi-party collaboration, cross-organization workflows, and robust administrative controls.
- Maintain high standards for security, privacy, and system reliability when handling sensitive legal data.
- Collaborate with product, AI, design, and go-to-market teams to deliver enterprise-ready user experiences.
Requirements
- 4+ years of post-bachelor's or master's software engineering experience focused on backend platform or product-oriented teams.
- Experience working across the stack to ship user-facing features with measurable impact.
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, REST and gRPC APIs, databases, and scalable service architectures.
- Strong programming skills and general computer science knowledge.
- Experience building backend platforms that support multiple product lines.
- Strong attention to detail.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with or interest in enterprise SaaS patterns, including role-based access control, feature flag systems, and third-party integrations.
Compensation and Benefits
- Structured hybrid arrangement: 3 days per week in the Toronto office and 2 days working from home.
- Relocation assistance for new employees.
- Potential eligibility for the Harvey Bonus Plan or a role-specific bonus.
- Annual refresh equity grants.
- Compensation offers vary based on geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business needs.
Skills
Distributed Systems, REST APIs, gRPC, Databases, Scalable Service Architectures, Role-Based Access Control, Feature Flags, Third-Party Integrations, Authentication, Notifications, Document Management
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