Lead Software Engineer

Posted 11 Hours Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
270K-406K Annually
Senior level
Legal Tech • Software
Organize data. Discover the truth. Act on it.
The Role
Lead design and delivery of distributed, cloud-native SaaS ingestion infrastructure on Azure. Define architecture and non-functional requirements, own reliability and observability, lead cross-team deployments (AKS, Event Hubs/Service Bus, Cosmos/SQL), drive post-incident improvements, champion IaC and platform best practices, mentor engineers, and partner with product and stakeholders on trade-offs.
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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 are committed to expanding access to technology and supporting pro bono legal work.
WHAT WE DO
At Relativity, engineers do more than write code - they build systems that enable users to uncover insights from complex data at scale using cloud-native architecture, AI, and modern tools.
Join the Data Transfer group within our Ingestion Department, a high-impact engineering team responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure that powers secure, reliable, and high-throughput data movement across our SaaS platform.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to develop software and guide a team in applying engineering best practices to deliver high-quality, maintainable, and scalable systems.
This role serves as a technical liaison across teams, helping resolve dependencies, improve engineering processes, and proactively identify and mitigate risks to software delivery.

Job Description and Requirements

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Define architecture strategy and non-functional design to meet SLO/SLA and cost goals, ensuring security-by-default and regulatory alignment

  • Lead multi-team Azure delivery and enable safe deployments across services such as AKS, Event Hubs/Service Bus, and Cosmos DB or SQL

  • Implement practices such as policy-as-code, canary and blue-green deployments, environment parity, and automatic rollback

  • Own reliability and observability through standardized tracing, metrics, and logging, as well as SLOs, error budgets, and actionable alerting

  • Drive post-incident improvements by leading root cause analysis and implementing fixes that prevent recurrence

  • Champion Infrastructure as Code and platform “paved roads” to improve consistency and developer experience

  • Guide engineers through design reviews and establish clear quality standards while unblocking cross-team dependencies

  • Collaborate with Product to make data-informed trade-offs across reliability, cost, and delivery speed

  • Influence stakeholders across teams by negotiating priorities, mediating conflicts, and managing expectations

  • Support team growth by contributing to development plans, delivering actionable feedback, and raising the hiring bar

  • Communicate effectively through architectural decision records (ADRs) and narratives that connect technical trade-offs to customer and business outcomes

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Required:

  • 7+ years of experience building distributed SaaS systems using .NET/C# or similar technologies, including 3+ years leading initiatives or teams

  • Deep expertise in Azure, including AKS, Service Bus/Event Hubs, and Cosmos DB or SQL, as well as multi-region patterns

  • Proven ownership of SLO/SLA outcomes, including on-call leadership and driving root cause analyses that eliminate repeat incidents

  • Strong experience with observability at scale, including OpenTelemetry tracing, metrics, logging, dashboards, and alert design

  • Experience with CI/CD practices, including GitHub Actions or similar tools, canary/blue-green deployments, feature flags, and automated rollback

  • Strong stakeholder communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and communicate clearly in English

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred:

  • Experience with FinOps practices including cost modeling, right-sizing, autoscaling strategies, and capacity planning

  • Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Pulumi), Kubernetes operations, and container security practices

  • Experience in platform enablement, including internal SDKs, templates, and “golden paths”

  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies

  • Experience with data streaming systems such as Kafka or Azure Event Hubs, and large-scale ingestion/ETL pipelines

  • Knowledge of multi-tenant scaling techniques, including throttling and backpressure strategies

WHY WE COULD BE A GREAT FIT
Impactful Mission

  • Build systems that help customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it in high-stakes legal matters.

Engineering at Scale

  • Work on distributed, cloud-native systems that process large volumes of data.

Cutting-Edge Technology

  • Build with AI, cloud platforms, and scalable architectures shaping legal tech.

Growth and Ownership

  • Gain experience owning systems end-to-end across cloud and distributed environments.

Collaborative Culture

  • Work in a team focused on knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Inclusive Environment

  • Diverse perspectives create stronger teams and better outcomes.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive salary, benefits, DTO, parental leave, and 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:

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

  • 7+ years building distributed SaaS systems using .NET/C# or similar technologies
  • 3+ years leading initiatives or teams
  • Deep expertise in Azure including AKS, Service Bus/Event Hubs, Cosmos DB or SQL, and multi-region patterns
  • Proven ownership of SLO/SLA outcomes, on-call leadership, and driving root cause analyses
  • Strong experience with observability at scale (OpenTelemetry tracing, metrics, logging, dashboards, alert design)
  • Experience with CI/CD practices including GitHub Actions or similar, canary/blue-green deployments, feature flags, and automated rollback
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to influence across teams; proficiency in English
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • Required skills: Documentation, Innovation, Leadership, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Project Management, QA, Risk Management, Technical Knowledge, Troubleshooting
  • Experience with FinOps practices (cost modeling, right-sizing, autoscaling, capacity planning)
  • Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Pulumi), Kubernetes operations, and container security practices
  • Experience in platform enablement including internal SDKs, templates, and "golden paths"
  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies
  • Experience with data streaming systems such as Kafka or Azure Event Hubs and large-scale ingestion/ETL pipelines
  • Knowledge of multi-tenant scaling techniques including throttling and backpressure strategies

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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