Advanced Software Engineer

Relativity; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company seeking engineers to design, develop, and operate cloud‑based services at scale. You will build full‑stack features with C#/.NET, React, and SQL data layers, while maintaining integrations, migrations, and observability.

The role emphasizes independent problem solving, cloud‑native patterns, and strong collaboration with product teams to deliver sprint commitments and secure deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in C# and .NET, or a comparable object‑oriented language with willingness to ramp on the stack.
• Experience building and operating cloud‑based services.
• Ability to work independently through complex features and debug production issues with minimal direction.
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL, including schema change management.
• Preferred Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React for full‑stack development.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as New Relic, Splunk, or equivalent APM/logging tooling.
• Exposure to authentication patterns (OAuth2, OIDC, or SAML) in enterprise SaaS applications.
• Experience building or maintaining integrations with third‑party APIs or enterprise SaaS systems.
• Familiarity with cloud‑native concepts such as containerization, event‑driven design, or infrastructure‑as‑code (Azure preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate cloud‑based services that enable organizations to manage and process data at scale across multiple platforms
• Build full‑stack features across .NET/C# backend services, React/JavaScript frontends, and SQL data layers to support core product workflows
• Build and maintain integrations with external systems and internal platform services, including third‑party cloud data sources, notification providers, and cross‑team APIs
• Plan and execute service and data migrations safely, including schema changes, deployment progressions, and feature transitions in a live production environment
• Apply cloud‑native patterns - containerization, event‑driven architecture, and infrastructure‑as‑code - to deliver scalable and resilient services on Azure
• Manage and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and drive independent deployments across team‑owned services
• Use observability tooling - structured logging, metrics dashboards, and distributed tracing - to investigate production issues and advocate for system improvements
• Triage and remediate security vulnerabilities as part of the team's ongoing security posture work
• Participate in on‑call rotations, contribute to incident response, and complete follow‑up work to drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with engineers, product managers, and adjacent teams to deliver committed sprint work on a regular cadence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

C#

.NET

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

SQL

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Observability tools

OAuth2/OIDC/SAML

Job description

Posting Type Hybrid Job Overview

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.

What We Do

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. If you’re passionate about solving hard problems, designing for scale, and building tools that matter. Relativity offers the opportunity to make a measurable difference in the marketplace.

Job Description and Requirements

• Design, develop, and operate cloud‑based services that enable organizations to manage and process data at scale across multiple platforms
• Build full‑stack features across .NET/C# backend services, React/JavaScript frontends, and SQL data layers to support core product workflows
• Build and maintain integrations with external systems and internal platform services, including third‑party cloud data sources, notification providers, and cross‑team APIs
• Plan and execute service and data migrations safely, including schema changes, deployment progressions, and feature transitions in a live production environment
• Apply cloud‑native patterns - containerization, event‑driven architecture, and infrastructure‑as‑code - to deliver scalable and resilient services on Azure
• Manage and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and drive independent deployments across team‑owned services
• Use observability tooling - structured logging, metrics dashboards, and distributed tracing - to investigate production issues and advocate for system improvements
• Triage and remediate security vulnerabilities as part of the team's ongoing security posture work
• Participate in on‑call rotations, contribute to incident response, and complete follow‑up work to drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with engineers, product managers, and adjacent teams to deliver committed sprint work on a regular cadence

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Required Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Proficiency in C# and .NET, or a comparable object‑oriented language with willingness to ramp on the stack
• Experience building and operating cloud‑based services
• Ability to work independently through complex features and debug production issues with minimal direction
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL, including schema change management
• Preferred Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React for full‑stack development
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as New Relic, Splunk, or equivalent APM/logging tooling
• Exposure to authentication patterns (OAuth2, OIDC, or SAML) in enterprise SaaS applications
• Experience building or maintaining integrations with third‑party APIs or enterprise SaaS systems
• Familiarity with cloud‑native concepts such as containerization, event‑driven design, or infrastructure‑as‑code (Azure preferred)

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: $103,000 and $155,000 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: Engineering Principle, Hardware Integration, Innovation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Quality Assurance (QA), Research and Development, System Designs, Technical Documents, Troubleshooting

We’re solving big data challenges in the legal tech industry, and we’re always looking for more people to join us on the journey. At Relativity, you'll learn cross‑functional skills to grow your career and have the chance to make a big impact on our customers, our industry, and our communities. We admire and value our employees, so it’s no surprise that our hiring process is designed to help us really get to know you – and for you to get to know us, too.