Staff Web Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of Harvey’s Next.js/Vercel web platform, Sanity content layer, and supporting services and APIs.
• Design data foundations and integration patterns connecting the website with marketing, analytics, CRM, and GTM systems.
• Establish automation, CI/CD, preview and deployment tooling, and automated testing practices.
• Set standards for structured logging, tracing, Core Web Vitals, performance budgets, and alerting.
• Lead the application of AI and ML to content operations, personalization, and internal web tooling.
• Partner with Security and Infrastructure to harden the platform while preserving developer experience.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship through code reviews, design reviews, and architectural guidance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of web development experience with deep backend and systems expertise and staff-level architectural ownership.
• Strong experience with React/Next.js, TypeScript, server-side rendering, and Node or Python.
• Experience architecting and operating headless CMS and content platforms such as Sanity or Contentful, including schema design and publishing workflows.
• Experience operating reliable production systems with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability tooling, and performance optimization against real-user metrics.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, caching, queuing, APIs, webhooks, and marketing/GTM integration patterns.
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production web experiences or content workflows.
• Ability to mentor engineers, influence across functions, and operate autonomously as the deepest technical voice on a small team.
• Preferred experience with Vercel, HubSpot, Salesforce, Segment, analytics integrations, SEO, web performance engineering, or serving as the first or most senior engineer on a web platform team.

Benefits

• The posting describes a fast-scaling, mission-driven environment with significant personal, professional, and financial growth opportunity.
• The role partners directly with product engineering, Security, and Infrastructure organizations and has direct visibility into company growth.
• Harvey provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• Compensation is location-dependent and listed separately in the salary fields.