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Harvey

Software Engineer, Developer Experience (DevEx)

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.

175k – 250kSan Francisco, CADeveloper RelationsOnsite3+ YOE
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About the role

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

Skills

PythonCI/CDBuildkiteGitHub ActionsDockerKubernetesPulumiTerraformDistributed SystemsLoad Testing

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