Senior Software Engineer

Posting Type

Hybrid

Job Overview

Are you looking to be in a workplace where colleagues inspire one another and work together to build innovative, scalable software solutions?
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team, contributing to cloud‑native development, operational excellence, and cross‑team engineering initiatives. You will collaborate with a dynamic group of engineers to design, build, observe, and optimize services that support Relativity’s platform at scale.

Job Description and Requirements

Job Responsibilities

• Guide and coach teammates to overcome obstacles and deliver high‑quality project outcomes.
• Communicate project status, risks, and expectation changes proactively.
• Architect, design, and implement performant, scalable, and secure cloud‑native applications.
• Decompose complex business and technical problems into manageable and well‑structured solutions.
• Lead and contribute to best‑practice technical design, promoting strong engineering fundamentals and collaboration.
• Identify areas to simplify product and technical design, contributing to roadmap discussions and innovation efforts.
• Use observability insights to advocate for and prioritize enhancements across systems and services.
• Participate in and improve on‑call procedures; act as primary owner and resolver for production issues within the team.
• Diagnose issues spanning multiple teams and dependencies, collaborating effectively across organizations.
• Ensure code quality, performance, and observability standards through reviews, guidance, and mentorship.
• Maintain and evolve CI/CD automation to ensure reliable and efficient deployments.
• Encourage the team’s productivity through strong time‑management practices, raising blockers when needed.

Qualifications (Minimum)

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and system design.
• Demonstrated experience building and supporting cloud‑native or distributed SaaS applications.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., C#, Java, Python).
• Experience participating in or leading on‑call rotations and resolving production issues.
• Ability to explain deeply technical topics to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor or influence team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience simplifying or modernizing large‑scale distributed systems.
• Familiarity with observability platforms, CI/CD tooling, or cloud architecture patterns.
• Experience collaborating across teams to align architecture, standards, or shared services.

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:

$126,000 and $190,000

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:

Automation, Data Analysis, Database Management, Network Architecture, Performance Optimizations, Problem Solving, Project Management, Software Development, System Designs, Technical Leadership