# Software Engineer, Developer Experience (DevEx)

**Company:** [Harvey](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/harvey)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Developer Relations
**Salary:** $175k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, CI/CD, Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Pulumi, Terraform, Distributed Systems, Load Testing
**Posted:** 2026-01-15

> Builds developer platforms, CI/CD systems, and AI-integrated tools to boost engineering velocity and reliability at an AI-native company. Requires 3+ years experience in backend systems, Python, containers, and infrastructure as code.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Develop and scale a world-class developer platform to accelerate Harvey's hyper growth. Boost velocity and stability through robust CI/CD systems, effective test frameworks, and reliable development environments.
- Build load testing and benchmarking infrastructure essential for evaluating and optimizing the performance of AI-native applications.
- Pioneer the future of software development and site reliability engineering by integrating AI agents across the software development, deployment and maintenance lifecycle.
- Collaborate 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.
- Work 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.

## What You Have
- 3+ years of software engineering experience, including building scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms.
- Proficiency in Python (or similar languages) and deep knowledge of backend development fundamentals and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Buildkite, Github Actions), test frameworks, or load and performance testing.
- Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform).
- A track record of producing high-quality, well-tested code, consistently following software development best practices to ensure quality and reliability.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving developer experience — you enjoy creating tools or frameworks that make other engineers more productive.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across teams and incorporate feedback.
- Experience integrating AI agents into a developer ecosystem is a strong plus.

## Compensation Range
$175,000 - $250,000 USD

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