Staff Software Engineer

Relativity

Senior Engineer at Relativity designing secure cloud services that process extensive data. Collaborating across teams and mentoring engineers to enhance AI-driven legal solutions.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeColorado, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $174,000 - $262,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive design of distributed, scalable, secure full-stack cloud services that process petabytes of data weekly, owning architecture and implementation while influencing execution across engineering
Resolve complex, cross-organizational technical problems through deep technical expertise, collaboration, and hands-on implementation
Provide technical direction across frontend, backend, and data layers, collaborating with teams, peers, and principal engineers on system design and architecture
Collaborate closely with teams to solve complex technical and business problems and build AI-powered legal data solutions that operate at massive scale
Drive engineering standards across multiple teams, including performance, scalability, reliability, and security, through design and code reviews, patterns, best practices, documented standards, and coaching
Align technical execution with product strategy and delivery commitments, identifying and removing technical and operational friction
Mentor senior and lead engineers, shaping technical decision-making and technical culture

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience designing, building and operating complex cloud-native distributed systems
Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams or domains
Strong background in architecture, security, and reliability at scale
Ability to define technical direction and drive cross-team alignment
Experience translating business goals into technical strategy
Proven ability to influence without formal authority
Strong mentorship and technical communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Health and retirement programs
Wellness resources
Discretionary time off (DTO)
Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
Two annual company breaks
Home office stipend
Equity program

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud servicesdistributed systemsarchitecturesecurityreliabilityAI-powered solutionsperformance optimizationscalabilitycode reviewstechnical strategy

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcollaborationmentorshipinfluence without authoritytechnical communicationproblem-solvingcoachingcross-team alignmentdecision-makingorganizational skills