Advanced Software Engineer - AI Platform

Relativity’s AI Platform Experimentation Infrastructure team is building and operating cloud services to accelerate AI experimentation at massive scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate distributed, scalable, secure full-stack cloud services processing petabytes of data weekly
• Build performant, accessible user interfaces and extend backend services and data pipelines
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code to drive customer impact
• Partner with teammates and product partners to solve problems, reach team goals, and build AI-powered legal data solutions at massive scale
• Contribute to design and code reviews with actionable feedback to improve quality and maintainability
• Support service ownership through reliability efforts, including on-call rotations and incident response
• Coordinate with other Relativity teams to deliver on cross-team priorities
• Stay current with evolving AI tools and techniques

Requirements

• 3+ years designing, building, and operating cloud-native, distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with APIs, event-driven architecture, and data platforms
• Comfort developing cloud-based, distributed services
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code using modern tooling and CI/CD
• Security- and reliability-focused mindset with strong cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, and design
• Asks critical questions about the right approach instead of only completing assigned tickets

Technologies

• Claude, Cursor
• Python
• GitHub, GitHub Actions
• Docker
• Azure, Kubernetes
• Databricks, MLflow
• OpenTelemetry
• PagerDuty

Job Overview

• Role is part of the AI Platform Experimentation Infrastructure team
• Focus: create and support tools and infrastructure that accelerate experimentation at Relativity

RelativityOne transforms massive volumes of complex information into actionable insights for high-stakes legal workflows where accuracy and trust are essential, including litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, and data breach responses. Large law firms, corporations, and government agencies rely on Relativity’s legal AI software to securely surface and manage relevant information in matters.

What You’ll Work On (Tech Context)

• Distributed, scalable systems and cloud-native architectures
• AI experimentation support through platform tools and infrastructure
• Observability and operational support using OpenTelemetry and PagerDuty
• Data and experimentation workflows with Databricks and MLflow

Benefits

• Competitive salary (expected range: $103,000 to $155,000 per year)
• Health and retirement programs
• Wellness resources
• Discretionary time off (DTO)
• Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Two annual company breaks
• Home office stipend
• Equity program
• Annual performance bonus
• Long-term incentives

Location and Level

• Location: Illinois (hybrid)
• Minimum experience: 3 years

Required Skills

• Engineering Principle
• Hardware Integration
• Innovation
• Problem Solving
• Process Improvements
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Research and Development
• System Designs
• Technical Documents
• Troubleshooting