Manager, Software Engineering

PowerToFly; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Winter break (office closed from Christmas through New Year's Day)

401k matching

Paid parental leave

Job summary

PowerToFly is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead teams responsible for core data processing services. You will oversee systems that transform large datasets into structured data, critical for navigating legal matters.

In this role, you will manage design, development, and operations with a focus on reliability and scalability, while driving modernization initiatives. The expected salary range for this position is between $155,000 and $233,000.

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering teams responsible for mission-critical cloud services.
• Foundational knowledge in system design, object-oriented programming, and microservices.
• Ability to quickly learn in complex technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design, development, and operation of Processing Discover services.
• Drive modernization initiatives including migration to microservices.
• Set technical direction, drive engineering standards, and establish processes.

Skills

Budget Management

Engineering Management

Innovation

Leadership

Performance Management (PM)

Process Improvements

Project Management

Quality Assurance (QA)

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Posting Type

Hyrbid

Job Overview

We're seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the teams responsible for our core data processing services. In this role, you'll oversee the systems that transform petabytes of raw collected data into structured, searchable information that our customers rely on to navigate complex legal matters. Your teams will build and maintain services where speed, reliability, and accuracy are non-negotiable—these systems are mission-critical to our customers' workflows and handle massive scale daily.

Job Description and Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee design, development, and operationof the Processing Discover serviceswith a focus on reliability, scalability, and security.

• Drive modernization initiatives, including migration to microservices and adoptionof cloud-native technologies.

• Set technical direction,driveengineeringstandards, andestablishoperational processes.

• Contribute to the product roadmap and use it to guide team priorities, execution, and backlog decisions.

• Mentor and develop engineering talent, fostering a strong operational mindset and domainexpertise.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience managing engineering teams responsible for mission-critical, high-throughput, low-latency cloud services.

• Solid foundational knowledge in software engineering fundamentals, including system design, object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, andmicroservicearchitectures.

• Experience building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systemsina public cloudenvironment.

• Strong operationalskills with a focus onautomation,observability, metrics driven decision making,and rapid incident responsiveness.

• Ability to quickly learn and lead in a complex, domain-specific technical environment.

• Experience leading teams using Scrum or other agile development frameworks.

Preferred Backgrounds:

• Track recordof modernizing legacy ormonolithicarchitectures to microservices.

• Experience managing remote teams or distributed team members.

• Familiarity with cloud computing, big data, and data engineering technologies (e.g., Temporal, Spark, Azure Data Lake Storage).

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

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:

$155,000 and $233,000

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:

Budget Management, Engineering Management, Innovation, Leadership, Performance Management (PM), Process Improvements, Project Management, Quality Assurance (QA), Risk Management, Stakeholder Management

What Relativity Has to Offer

Relativity's software helps users organize data and quickly identify key issues during litigation, internal investigations, and compliance projects. They offer their employees great benefits like:

Flexible work arrangements

Winter break (office closed from Christmas through New Year's Day)

401k matching

Paid parental leave