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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Location
San Francisco
Compensation
$231k–$340k/yr
Level
staff
Type
full time

Posted by employer 5 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 5 months ago

Last verified on the company career page 21 hours ago

Requirements

Experience
7+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Joblaze summary

In the role of Staff Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team at Harvey AI, the individual will focus on building and enhancing systems that streamline the development process for engineers, ensuring rapid and reliable delivery of AI-driven features. Key skills include proficiency in Python, experience with CI/CD systems, and a strong background in backend development and distributed systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a passion for improving developer workflows and a track record of technical leadership. The team operates in a fast-paced environment, emphasizing collaboration and innovation to support Harvey's ambitious growth.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about 5 months ago — first seen on Joblaze May 2, 2026. Last confirmed on Harvey AI's careers page October 10, 2026.
  • This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Harvey AI: San Francisco.
  • Salary band is above the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
  • Starts above 76% of 41 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $200,000 across 26 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
  • Kubernetes appears in 64.6% of 79 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States; Builtekite appears in 1.3% of 79 comparable staff devops/sre roles in United States.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?
Harvey AI lists $231,000–$340,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Builtekite, CI/CD, Docker, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Pulumi.
What seniority level is this role?
Harvey AI targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience role at Harvey AI.

From the original posting

Role Overview

The Developer Experience team is what keeps Harvey’s fast growth momentum possible — the kind of fast where every week brings new products, new capabilities, and new challenges. We build the CI/CD systems, internal frameworks, and platform-level guardrails that enable all Harvey engineers to ship ambitious AI features rapidly and safely.

As a Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team, you will be responsible for creating frameworks and systems that maximize the velocity and efficiency of every engineer at Harvey. You’ll work across the entire tech stack and collaborate with every team to instill reliability, automation, and simplicity into our developer workflows. You'll also have a unique opportunity to apply AI directly to the problem of developer productivity, defining the future of software development within an AI-native company.

If you are passionate about building foundational platforms to enable other engineers to move fast with confidence, we’d love to hear from you.

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.

  • Set the strategic direction and roadmap for scaling developer experience as Harvey expands, and contribute strategically to team decision-making.

  • Provide strong technical leadership and mentorship, upholding a high bar for engineering excellence across the team.

What You Have

  • 7+ 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 (Builtekite, 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.

  • Proven technical leadership throughout the entire project lifecycle, including ideation, design, implementation, and productionization.

  • Experience mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions, and shaping culture to foster engineering excellence.

  • 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

$231,000 - $340,000

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