Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI-Powered Cloud Systems

PowerToFly; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Winter break

401k matching

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Relativity, a leader in legal data intelligence, is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design and operate scalable cloud-native systems. You will drive architecture across frontend, backend, and data layers, mentor engineers, and push reliability and security at scale.

Join a collaborative, high-impact team building AI-powered data solutions for top law firms and enterprises. Flexible hybrid/remote work, strong compensation, and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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 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.
• Insert 2-3 team or role specific items if applicable

Skills

Distributed Systems

Algorithms

Automation

Debugging

Performance Tuning

Problem Solving

Project Management

Software Development

System Designs

Technical Leadership

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Relativity, a leader in legal data intelligence, is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design and operate scalable cloud-native systems. You will drive architecture across frontend, backend, and data layers, mentor engineers, and push reliability and security at scale.

Join a collaborative, high-impact team building AI-powered data solutions for top law firms and enterprises. Flexible hybrid/remote work, strong compensation, and opportunities for growth.