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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Relativity
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Mobile Application Development, Code Review, Cursor, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Database Engines, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Backend, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/21_01a0eeff-5814-7833-be25-ce62f38bb514

## About the Role

* This position requires the successful acquisition and maintenance of a Public Trust clearance. Candidates must be U.S. citizens to satisfy applicable clearance eligibility requirements.

 * 5+years of experience designing,buildingandoperatingcloud-native systems.

 * Strongunderstandingofcloud-native development and distributedarchitectures.

 * Demonstrated ability to own and deliver complex solutions end to end, improving quality through thoughtful design discussions and thorough code reviews

 * Solid understanding ofCI/CD, observability, and incident response.

 * Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.

 * Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals replication strategies, partitioning, and CAP/PACELC trade-offs

 * Proventrack recordof diagnosing and resolving complex issues like data skew, hot spots, clock skew, and split-brain scenarios

Preferred

 * Experience buildingsystemsat scale.

 * Familiarity withperformance tuning and scalability trade-offs.

 * Experience inhigh-scale or regulated environments.

 * Familiarity with AI-development tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor or Claude Code.

 * Familiarity with storage engine internals - LSM trees, B-trees, compaction strategies, and write amplification

 * Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance frameworks, Budget Management, Contract Management, Data Analysis, Environmental Regulations, Policy Development, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Assessments, Stakeholder Communications, Strategic Planning

## Description

* Design, develop, andoperatedistributed, scalable, secure full-stack cloud services, delivering reliable systems at petabyte scale.

 * Build backend services and data pipelines to deliver customerimpact.

 * Collaborate daily with a diverse group of teammates and product partners to solve problems, achieveteamgoals, and build AI-powered legaldatasolutionsthatoperateatmassivescale.

 * Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in production environmentsas well as providing root cause analysis

 * Influence reliability, security, and performance practices through example and feedback

 * Provide technical direction and mentorship to your team, leaddesignand code reviews,raisingengineering quality and maintainability.

 * Drive service ownership by leading reliability efforts,participatingin on-call rotations, and guiding incident response, resolution, and rootcause analysis.