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Senior Engineering Manager, Backend

Harvey· Engineering
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Hybrid (Bengaluru)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Engineering Manager for Product Engineering leading backend-focused teams building core product surfaces for lawyers and legal professionals, collaborating with Design, Product, and AI teams to ship high-impact, scalable AI-powered features.

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineers define, build, and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy for user-facing features across our product.
  • Collaborate closely with Design, Product, and AI teams to identify and execute on high-impact initiatives.
  • Help define and evolve the architecture for a fast-moving, AI-powered application.
  • Hire, grow, and retain exceptional engineers who thrive in a high-trust, high-impact environment.
  • Foster a culture of simplicity, quality, and continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to code and architecture reviews, unblock teams, and lead by example when needed.
  • Work closely with cross-functional partners to align product initiatives with company goals.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in a software engineering management role leading product engineering teams, preferably in high-growth environments.
  • 12+ years of software engineering experience as a backend engineer.
  • A track record of leading high-performing, engaged engineering teams.
  • Strong product sense and an instinct for balancing speed, quality, and user impact.
  • Experience with backend systems (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and modern cloud-native infrastructure.
  • A plus: Exposure to AI-powered applications or complex internal tools.
  • Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks before they occur and take decisive, proactive measures.
  • Experience building RAG pipelines and managing the data lifecycle.

Skills

Required:Technical leadershipBackend development
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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