Senior Staff Engineer, AI-Powered Legal Cloud Platform

Relativity; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office stipend

Equity program

Parental leave

Job summary

Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company seeking an experienced senior engineer to design and operate distributed cloud-native systems at scale. You’ll mentor engineers, shape architecture, and drive cross-team alignment across frontend, backend, and data layers to deliver AI-powered legal data solutions.

The role emphasizes architecture, security, reliability, and collaboration in a hybrid work environment, with a strong focus on scalable platforms and high-stakes data processing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing, building and operating 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.
• Insert 1-2 team or role specific items if applicable*

Responsibilities

• Drive design of distributed, scalable, secure full-stack cloud services that process petabytes of data weekly, owning architecture and implementation.
• Resolve complex, cross-organizational technical problems through deep technical expertise and hands-on implementation.
• Provide technical direction across frontend, backend, and data layers, collaborating with teams and principal engineers.
• Collaborate closely with teams to solve complex technical and business problems and build AI-powered legal data solutions at scale.
• Drive engineering standards across teams, including performance, scalability, reliability, and security, via reviews and patterns.
• Align technical execution with product strategy and delivery commitments, removing friction.
• Mentor senior and lead engineers, shaping technical decision-making and culture.
• Insert 2-3 team or role specific items if applicable*

Skills

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring

Security & reliability

AI-powered data solutions

Tools

GitHub Copilot

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Claude Code

Job description

Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company seeking an experienced senior engineer to design and operate distributed cloud-native systems at scale. You’ll mentor engineers, shape architecture, and drive cross-team alignment across frontend, backend, and data layers to deliver AI-powered legal data solutions.

The role emphasizes architecture, security, reliability, and collaboration in a hybrid work environment, with a strong focus on scalable platforms and high-stakes data processing.