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Harvey

Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform

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Location as listed by the employer: “San Francisco”
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About this role

Harvey is hiring for a Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years of engineering management experience, with a track record of building strong teams and delivering complex backend or platform systems.
  • Deep technical judgment in backend architecture and distributed systems, including database access patterns, concurrency, caching, API design, and performance.
  • Experience building shared libraries, frameworks, or internal platforms adopted by multiple engineering teams. You know how to balance a useful abstraction with the flexibility its users need.
  • The technical depth to engage directly in design and code reviews, investigate difficult systems problems, and guide migrations across a large, evolving codebase. Experience with Python and frameworks such as Flask or F…
  • A track record of hiring, coaching, and developing engineers, setting clear expectations, and creating a culture of ownership and thoughtful execution.
  • Strong product instincts for developer tools. You listen closely to engineers, understand where they lose time, and turn that feedback into simpler, more effective ways to build.
  • Experience embedding reliability, observability, and security into shared systems, with measurable improvements in production.
  • Clear communication and the ability to lead across team boundaries, align people on technical tradeoffs, and drive changes from design through rollout.

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