Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Harvey
New York, NY
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to advanced students in computer science or engineering who are comfortable with AI-assisted development and thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments.

Best fit for

  • Students with prior internship experience and a proven ability to build projects from start to finish.
    — “Previous internship experience is required.”
  • Candidates who are curious about integrating AI into their work and have used AI-assisted development tools.
    — “Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor).”
  • Individuals who can explain complex technical ideas simply and are committed to continuous improvement.
    — “You can explain a complex technical idea in plain language... you know when added complexity is worth it.”

Things to consider

  • Relocation to New York or San Francisco is necessary for the summer internship.
    — “Able to work from our New York or San Francisco offices during our summer cohort.”
  • The internship is focused on real-world impact and requires a high level of initiative.
    — “You’ll gain hands-on experience across the stack, contribute to real features, and see how your work impacts users in production.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight end-to-end project experience and your ability to deliver in high-stakes environments.
    — “You’ll own a project end-to-end from coding and testing to deploying it to production.”
  • Demonstrate decisiveness by showcasing examples of when you made independent technical decisions.
    — “You have a bias toward action. You've built something start to finish...”
  • Show how you've simplified complex systems or processes in your past work or projects.
    — “You look for the simplest solution that works, and you know when added complexity is worth it.”
  • Demonstrate a track record of going beyond the minimum requirements in prior roles or projects.
    — “You aren't satisfied when something merely works. You proactively seek out feedback...”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • owning a project end-to-end
  • writing clean code
  • contributing to real features
Typical background
computer scienceengineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Software DevelopmentCodingProblem SolvingTeamwork

Preferred

AIGenaiAgentic AI

Stack & domain

Clean CodeMaintainable CodeAi-assisted DevelopmentDebuggingCode ReviewPair ProgrammingTechnical DocumentationRetrieval Over Large Document CollectionsInterfaces For Collaborating With AI SystemsMulti-region Compute InfrastructureEnterprise AgentsSecure Systems For Sensitive Client DataFront-endBack-endFull-stackInfrastructureApplied AICuriosityMotivationLearningCollaborationOwnershipCommitmentDriveDecisivenessSimplicityJob's Not FinishedAIEnterprise PlatformLegal ServicesProfessional Services

About the role

Original posting from Harvey via Ashby

WHY HARVEY

At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.

Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.

At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As a Software Engineer, Intern (Summer 2027) on the Engineering team at Harvey, you’ll work alongside experienced engineers on projects that power our AI products. You’ll collaborate with our Product, AI, Legal, and GTM teams to help build secure, intuitive systems that deliver real value to our customers.

This 12 or 16 week internship is ideal for students who are curious, motivated, and excited to learn how modern application-layer and GenAI products are built. You’ll gain hands-on experience across the stack, contribute to real features, and see how your work impacts users in production.

We're currently hiring Winter 2027 interns in Toronto and Summer 2027 interns in New York and San Francisco across multiple teams and roles, including Frontend, Backend, Full-Stack, Infrastructure, and Applied AI intern roles. Your interests & experience will be factored into our team matching process, where you’ll have the opportunity to learn about teams across Harvey including Agents, Applied AI, Assistant, Enterprise, Infrastructure, Mobile, Vault and many others.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

You will:

  • Own a project end-to-end from coding and testing to deploying it to production, and presenting your work to peers and leaders across the company.
  • Write clean, maintainable code that meets our team's standards. You'll use AI-assisted development tools daily, and you’ll own the quality of everything you ship—AI-generated or not.
  • Build real knowledge of the systems you support and the users they serve, bringing that perspective into product discussions.
  • Debug problems in your area, follow escalation procedures, and treat quality as urgent. Our users are lawyers doing high-stakes work.
  • Collaborate with your team through code review, pair programming, design reviews and technical documentation.
  • Depending on your team, you could work on retrieval over large document collections, interfaces for collaborating with AI systems, multi-region compute infrastructure, enterprise agents, or secure systems for sensitive client data. You'll also evaluate frontier models alongside senior engineers.

WHAT YOU HAVE

  • Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in computer science, engineering, or a related field with a graduation date of December 2027 or later.
  • Able to work from our New York or San Francisco offices during our summer cohort, based on your academic schedule. Relocation support is available.
  • Previous internship experience is required.
  • Technical foundation. Strong proficiency in one or more languages (Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Go, or similar) and solid general computer science knowledge.
  • Decisiveness. You have a bias toward action. You've built something start to finish in coursework, a personal project, or in a past internship, and you know the difference between a decision you should make yourself and one worth getting feedback on. You'd rather move and correct course than stall.
  • Simplicity. You can explain a complex technical idea in plain language, whether or not the person you're explaining it to is an engineer. You look for the simplest solution that works, and you know when added complexity is worth it.
  • Job's Not Finished. You aren't satisfied when something merely works. You proactively seek out feedback, act on it, and keep pushing after the assignment is technically complete. Internship experience specifically at an early-stage startup is a plus.
  • AI Forward. Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) and curious about building LLMs into your own coding workflow.

Our interview process includes AI-assisted coding sessions; you'll be expected to work with AI tools the way you would on the job.

COMPENSATION

  • Pay: $62/hr-$72/hr in San Francisco and New York

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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai

Source: Harvey careers (Ashby)

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