Advanced Software Engineer

Reposted 22 Days Ago
13 Locations
In-Office or Remote
103K-155K Annually
Mid level
Legal Tech • Software
Organize data. Discover the truth. Act on it.
The Role
Design and operate secure authentication and identity services, manage integrations with identity providers, and ensure high availability and system observability.
Summary Generated by Built In

Posting Type

Hybrid/Remote

Job Overview

WHO WE ARE
Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company building technology that helps users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it with confidence. Our AI‑powered, cloud platform, RelativityOne, transforms massive volumes of complex information into actionable insights for litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, data breach responses, and other high‑stakes legal work where accuracy and trust are crucial.
The world’s largest law firms, corporations, and government agencies rely on Relativity’s legal AI software to securely surface and manage the most relevant and impactful information in their matters. Beyond our commercial impact, we’re deeply committed to expanding access to technology for academic institutions through Relativity Academic and supporting pro bono legal work through Justice for Change.
WHAT WE DO
At Relativity, engineers don’t just write code. They build the foundational systems that industries rely on to uncover critical insights, ensure compliance, and operate securely at scale. Our platform combines cloud‑native architectures, modern developer tooling, and AI capabilities to deliver trusted outcomes across highly regulated environments.
User Authentication Team
The User Authentication team builds and operates tier‑0 identity and authentication services that protect customer access to Relativity’s platform. These services sit directly on the request path for every user interaction, requiring an exceptional focus on availability, security, and correctness. The team partners closely with product, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable authentication workflows, improve reliability and observability, and continuously raise the bar on operational excellence.
If you’re passionate about building security‑critical systems, designing for failure, and owning highly available services that operate at global scale, Relativity offers the opportunity to make a measurable impact.

Job Description and Requirements

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Design, develop, and operate authentication and identity services that are secure, highly available, and scalable
  • Build and maintain integrations with identity providers, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAML‑based systems
  • Own production reliability for critical services, including on‑call rotations, incident response, and post‑incident learning
  • Implement defense‑in‑depth security controls such as multi‑factor authentication (MFA), token lifecycle management, and least‑privilege access
  • Improve system observability through metrics, structured logging, dashboards, and alerting
  • Participate in code and design reviews with a strong emphasis on security, correctness, and failure modes
  • Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, security, and platform teams to deliver authentication features, improvements, and migrations
  • Contribute to long‑term identity and authentication strategy across the platform

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as C#, Java, or Python
  • Experience designing and operating cloud‑based services
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability, failure handling, and scalability

Preferred

  • Experience building or operating authentication, authorization, or other security‑critical systems
  • Working knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and/or SAML
  • Experience operating tier‑0 or business‑critical services with high availability requirements
  • Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and CI/CD practices in production environments

WHY WE COULD BE A GREAT FIT

Impactful Mission

  • Your work helps protect customer access to systems used in high‑stakes legal and regulatory matters around the world.

Security‑Critical Engineering

  • You’ll design and operate authentication services that sit on the request path for every user, with real ownership over reliability and security.

Growth and Ownership

  • Engineers on this team own services end‑to‑end, from design through production operations, gaining deep experience in distributed systems and security.

Engineering Culture

  • Strong focus on operational excellence, observability, post‑incident learning, and raising the quality bar through thoughtful reviews.

Inclusive Environment

  • Diverse backgrounds and perspectives make our teams and our products stronger.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive salary, health and retirement programs, wellness resources, discretionary time off (DTO), parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, two annual company breaks, home office stipend, and an equity program.

Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.

This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.

The expected salary range for this role is between following values:

$103,000 and $155,000

The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position. 

Required Skills:

Engineering Principle, Hardware Integration, Innovation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Quality Assurance (QA), Research and Development, System Designs, Technical Documents, Troubleshooting

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as C#, Java, or Python
  • Experience designing and operating cloud-based services
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability, failure handling, and scalability

Relativity Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Relativity and has not been reviewed or approved by Relativity.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off options include discretionary time off and two company‑wide breaks each year, providing additional recharge time.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, telehealth access, and wellness resources such as a Headspace subscription.
  • Parental & Family Support North America offers up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, with comparable regional programs in EMEA and APAC.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
1,550 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

At Relativity, we build innovative and comprehensive tools for making sense of unstructured data. When more people can find the facts in mountains of documents, emails, and texts, more legal and data-centric matters can be resolved equitably. Join us in our mission to help our customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Relativity makes software to help users organize data, discover the truth and act on it. Its SaaS product, RelativityOne, manages large volumes of data and quickly identifies key issues during litigation and internal investigations. Relativity has more than 300,000 users in approximately 40 countries serving thousands of organizations globally primarily in legal, financial services and government sectors, including the U.S. Department of Justice and 198 of the Am Law 200. Relativity does not tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind. We do not accept unfair treatment of any person or group of people. We’re committed to advocating for change to make our world a more inclusive, just place.

Why Work With Us

We believe in our team members and we want to help you own your career as part of a community of values-driven people who help customers around the world solve complex data challenges. At Relativity, you’ll take on challenging work, but you’ll also partner with talented colleagues and pursue plenty of learning and development opportunities.

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