Senior Software Engineer, Security

Harvey

Senior Software Engineer on Security Engineering team developing critical security services at Harvey. Focusing on identity and access management, secrets management, and privileged access.

Posted 8/1/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating security services, including authentication, authorization, and access governance, while ensuring production-grade reliability and scalability. Proficient in building security infrastructure and leveraging cloud technologies to create secure engineering solutions.

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Security Infrastructure DevelopmentIdentity Access Management (IAM)Cloud Infrastructure (Azure, GCP, AWS)Production Services EngineeringStrong Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

AuthenticationAuthorizationSecrets ManagementVulnerability AssessmentProgramming SkillsDistributed SystemsIncident ResponseTechnical MentorshipArchitecture DesignScalable Engineering Solutions

Soft Skills

CollaborationInfluencing Without Authority

Tools & Technologies

Claude CodeCodexSSOSCIM

Industry Keywords

Access GovernancePrivileged AccessGreenfield DevelopmentSecurity Bar Raising

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate Harvey's core security services — authentication, authorization, access governance, secrets management, and privileged access — across workforce, infrastructure, and production environments
Own Harvey's identity infrastructure end-to-end, including SSO, SCIM, and the fine-grained authorization our enterprise customers require
Build secure-by-default libraries, paved-road abstractions, and self-service tooling so engineering teams can identify, remediate, and prevent security issues without waiting on us
Take these systems from greenfield to production-grade: define the architecture, ship it, instrument it, and own its reliability
Contribute to incident response and drive technical mitigation when security issues surface
Raise the security bar across engineering through design reviews, code reviews, and technical mentorship

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping and operating production services
Hands-on experience building security infrastructure — IAM, authn/authz, secrets management, or privileged access
Working knowledge of common vulnerability classes and the ability to reason about how a system fails under an attacker, not just under load
Strong programming skills and a willingness to work across the stack and across unfamiliar domains
Fluency building and maintaining production services with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, or similar) — you know how to get real leverage from them and where they need supervision
Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP, or AWS) and modern distributed system patterns
Demonstrated ability to turn security requirements into scalable engineering solutions rather than manual process
Strong communication and collaboration skills; you can influence engineering teams without formal authority.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
Flexible PTO
Offers Equity
Offers Bonus