Backend Engineer, AI Platform & Distributed Systems

Relativity; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement programs

Discretionary time off (DTO)

Home office stipend

Equity program

Job summary

Relativity, a leading legal data intelligence company, is seeking a Software Engineer to build and operate backend services powering the aiR platform. You’ll work at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and applied AI to deliver reliable, scalable systems across multi-region architectures.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team, implement asynchronous job orchestration, write tests, and help shape engineering practices while solving high-stakes challenges in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building backend services using languages such as C#, Python, or similar.
• Understanding of software engineering disciplines and the ability to work across multiple layers of the application stack.
• Strong foundational knowledge of distributed systems, scalability, and backend service design.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services that are scalable and secure.
• Collaborate with a software development team to deliver high-quality, reliable systems that operate at massive scale.
• Develop and maintain systems that support high-throughput AI workloads, including asynchronous job orchestration and distributed processing.
• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests supported by static analysis and thoughtful test strategy development.
• Contribute to improving engineering processes by recommending enhancements to tools, workflows, and practices.
• Participate in pair programming to improve software quality and share design and implementation knowledge.
• Contribute to building systems that route and manage AI traffic efficiently while maintaining reliability and fairness across workloads.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

C# / Python

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

DevOps basics

LLM APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

Relativity, a leading legal data intelligence company, is seeking a Software Engineer to build and operate backend services powering the aiR platform. You’ll work at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and applied AI to deliver reliable, scalable systems across multi-region architectures.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team, implement asynchronous job orchestration, write tests, and help shape engineering practices while solving high-stakes challenges in