Lead Software Engineer

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Illinois
150K-224K Annually
Senior level
Legal Tech • Software
Organize data. Discover the truth. Act on it.
The Role
Lead Software Engineer role focusing on enhancing developer experience, implementing full-stack solutions, and promoting automation using modern technologies. Involves collaboration, Agile practices, and cloud technologies.
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Job Overview

At Relativity, we empower legal professionals to uncover the truth in the digital age. Our commitment to innovation makes us a driving force in legal technology, and we invite you to be a key player in our journey.

Are you ready to pioneer the future of legal technology? Join Relativity, a trailblazer in e-discovery solutions, and play a pivotal role in shaping the industry's landscape. We are looking for a dynamic Lead Software Engineer to help transform our technology utilizing industry best practices.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will champion Agile principles, such as iterative development, and foster a culture of continuous improvement through regular feedback. In this role, you will revolutionize our internal developer experience, empowering our teams to work more efficiently in the cloud. This will be achieved by standardizing our internal developer platform and educating engineers on the latest industry trends and technologies.

Job Description and Requirements

Responsibilities:  

 

  • Design and implement the full stack of our developer experience, including the front-end portal work in Backstage and integration in the backend with our cloud platforms. 

  • Educate the organization on industry best practices such as DORA metrics, microservice architectures, and testing strategies.  Incorporate feedback into the product and use it to help ensure our developers succeed in everything they do. 

  • Leverage modern AI tools to deliver solutions more effectively and openly share knowledge about these tools to other engineers throughout the organization. 

  • Utilize expertise in technologies such as C#, PowerShell, GitHub Actions, and Python to enhance our automation capabilities. 

  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and apply best practices to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery. 

  • Bring Azure experience to the table, contributing to the enhancement of our capabilities. 

  • Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 availability of critical systems. 

  • Contribute to system software architecture development and future plans by working with Staff and Principal Engineers, Product Managers, and Architects  

  • Work with management to set and communicate team goals and vision in consideration of our requirements; ensure the team stays focused and achieves the goals, adapting to changing requirements.  

  • Guide technical direction, planning, and solutions - Specify non-functional software requirements and analyze all requirements to determine design feasibility within time and cost constraints to provide quality software.  

  • Exemplify Core Values and be a role model - Motivate the team through changes and failures.  

 

Qualifications:  

 

  • Solid software development experience (7+ years)  

  • Experience with developer portals and/or software catalogs, such as Backstage. 

  • Hands-on experience in CI/CD and DevOps enablement. 

  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies. 

  • Solid understanding of SDLC and best practices. 

  • Experience with cloud technologies; Microsoft Azure is highly desirable. 

  • A proactive problem solver with a hands-on attitude towards debugging solutions. 

  • Demonstrated ability to automate processes, even those that may seem challenging to automate. 

  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. 

  • Experience working with Agile development methodology  

 

What Sets You Apart: 

 

  • Ability to dive deep into technical issues and identify root causes. 

  • A mindset geared towards automating workflows to eliminate manual procedures. 

  • Willingness to tackle seemingly un-automatable tasks and find innovative solutions. 

 

 

If you are passionate about automation, DevOps, and making an impact in legal technology, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to join our dynamic team and contribute to the evolution of e-discovery solutions. 

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:

$150,000 and $224,000

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. 

Top Skills

Agile
C#
Ci/Cd
DevOps
Github Actions
Azure
Powershell
Python
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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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