Senior Software Engineer

Relativity•Colorado Springs, IL

16d•$126,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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. At Relativity, engineers don’t just write code— they harness AI tools to architect, optimize, and deliver scalable software faster and shape the future of legal technology. They shape how industries uncover critical insights, ensure compliance, advance access to justice and continuously evolve our platform using the latest technologies, including cloud-native architectures, AI capabilities, and modern developer tooling. Our AI powers privacy programs, identifies confidential information, and detects language indicating misconduct. We’re reimagining how legal professionals uncover truth at scale, and engineering is at the heart of that transformation. The Kubernetes Integration Team is seeking a Senior Engineer to help us prototype and rapidly build new tooling atop Kubernetes. You’ll have a thorough background in Kubernetes and related technologies, and in cloud computing in general. If you’re interested in joining a smart, capable, laid-back team that gets stuff done and builds stuff that matters, then we want to meet you. If you’re passionate about solving hard problems, designing for scale, and building tools that matter—while working in a culture that values transparency, innovation, and shared success— Relativity offers the opportunity to make a measurable difference in the marketplace.

Requirements

5+ years of experience designing, building and operating cloud-native systems.
Strong understanding of cloud-native development and distributed architectures.
Demonstrated ability to own and deliver complex solutions end to end, improving quality through thoughtful design discussions and thorough code reviews.
Solid understanding of CI/CD, observability, and incident response.
Experience guiding and mentoring other engineers.
Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
A strong background in AI agentic coding, or an eagerness to learn!
Automation
Data Analysis
Database Management
Network Architecture
Performance Optimizations
Problem Solving
Project Management
Software Development
System Designs
Technical Leadership

Nice To Haves

Experience building full-stack systems at scale.
Familiarity with performance tuning and scalability trade-offs.
Experience in high-scale or regulated environments.
Familiarity with AI-development tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor or Claude Code.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and operate distributed, scalable, secure full-stack cloud services, delivering reliable systems at petabyte scale.
Build accessible user interfaces as well as backend services and data pipelines to deliver customer impact.
Collaborate daily with a diverse group of teammates and product partners to solve problems, achieve team goals, and build AI-powered legal data solutions that operate at massive scale.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in production environments.
Influence reliability, security, and performance practices through example and feedback.
Provide technical direction and mentorship to your team, lead design and code reviews, raising engineering quality and maintainability.
Drive service ownership by leading reliability efforts, participating in on-call rotations, and guiding incident response, resolution, and root cause analysis.