Lead Software Engineer

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Kraków, Małopolskie, POL
In-Office
270K-406K Annually
Senior level
Legal Tech • Software
Organize data. Discover the truth. Act on it.
The Role
The Lead Software Engineer oversees product development, drives architecture, mentors developers, and ensures software quality, focusing on scalable, cloud-based systems.
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Hybrid

Job Overview

At Relativity, we build technology that helps people uncover the truth in complex data. Our software (SaaS) empowers legal professionals, governments, and organizations around the world to navigate high stakes matters with confidence, clarity, and integrity. By combining advanced AI, powerful analytics, and cloud-based technology, we help teams make sense of massive volumes of information and move critical work forward faster and more accurately. Every role at Relativity contributes to creating scalable, secure, and intelligent solutions with real-world impact—while fostering a culture where curiosity, collaboration, and inclusion thrive and where employees help shape the future of legal technology. 

Job Description and Requirements

Role Responsibilities: 

The Lead Software Engineer at Relativity plays a crucial role in the product development team, driving the direction of architecture, mentoring developers, and ensuring the overall quality and performance of the user interface. The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for delivering results for the product development department by: 

  • Work with management to set and communicate team goals and vision aligned to business requirements. 

  • Ensure the team stays focused and delivers against the goals, adapting to changing business requirements. 

  • Provide input into system software architecture development and future initiatives by working with Staff, Principal Engineers, and Architects as required. 

  • Drive technical direction, planning, and effective solutions in enterprise class system 

  • Specify non-functional software requirements and analyze all requirements to determine design feasibility within time and cost constraints to deliver quality software. 

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically about complex issues. 

  • Adoption of AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate development, reduce boilerplate, and focus on solving business-critical problems.  

  • Lead and empower team to apply key design patterns, coding best practices, and methodologies.  

  • Lead the test of software with traceability back to requirements emphasizing the practice of Test-Driven Design and the use of autonomous frameworks and Continuous Integration 

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

  • Collaborate with management to mentor team members and guide development growth 

  • Drive a culture of one global department, one mission. 

 

Required Technical Skills and Experience 

  • Deep understanding of semantic HTML and modern CSS, including pre-processors like SASS or LESS. 

  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including ES6+ features and familiarity with TypeScript for large projects. 

  • Extensive experience with modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries like React, Angular, Vue.js, Webpack 5. In-depth knowledge of state management libraries (like Redux, MobX, Vuex) is also important. 

  • Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and knowledge of asynchronous programming, including Promises and async/await. Working mocks, mock API (for local developments or faster testing). 

  • Experience in creating responsive designs that work across a wide range of devices and screen sizes. 

  • Understanding of browser differences and experience with tools for cross-browser testing. 

Required Experience 

  • 5 - 7+ years of experience in development, with at least 2-3 years in a lead role. 

  • 3 - 5+ years of experience in software development using C# and .Net, or related object-oriented programming languages. 

  • Experience developing scalable solutions in Azure or other cloud platforms and building observable systems with SLA and SLOs defined. 

  • Experience working on large-scale web applications or enterprise platforms. 

  • Experience in leading projects from conception through to delivery. 

  • A strong portfolio showcasing a range of projects, particularly those where the candidate played a lead role in the development. 

 

Desirable Additional Skills and Experience 

  • Understanding of backend technologies (.Net, Node.js, Python, etc.) to facilitate better collaboration with backend teams. 

  • Experience or strong understanding of UI/UX principles can be an additional advantage. 

  • Familiarity with AI-driven solutions in UI/UX, such as AI-assisted user interactions, personalization, generative design tools, or adaptive interfaces. 

  • AI Integration, including hands-on experience integrating chatbots, recommendation systems, or computer vision models into UI/UX workflows. 

Relativity is a diverse workplace with different skills and life experiences—and we love and celebrate those differences. We believe that employees are happiest when they're empowered to be their full, authentic selves, regardless how you identify.

Benefit Highlights:

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

Flexible work arrangements

Two, week-long company breaks per year

Additional time off

Long-term incentive program

Training investment program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

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:

270 000 and 406 000PLN

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:

Documentations, Innovation, Leadership, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Project Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Management, Technical Knowledge, Troubleshooting

Skills Required

  • Deep understanding of semantic HTML and modern CSS, including pre-processors like SASS or LESS.
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including ES6+ features and familiarity with TypeScript for large projects.
  • Extensive experience with modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries like React, Angular, Vue.js, Webpack 5.
  • Experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL, including knowledge of asynchronous programming.
  • Experience in creating responsive designs that work across a wide range of devices and screen sizes.
  • 5 - 7+ years of experience in development, with at least 2-3 years in a lead role.
  • 3 - 5+ years of experience in software development using C# and .Net, or related object-oriented programming languages.
  • Experience developing scalable solutions in Azure or other cloud platforms.
  • Experience working on large-scale web applications or enterprise platforms.
  • Experience in leading projects from conception through to delivery.

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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