Posting Type
Hybrid/Remote
Job Overview
WHO WE ARE
Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company building technology that helps users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it with confidence. Our AIâpowered, cloud platform, RelativityOne, transforms massive volumes of complex information into actionable insights for litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, data breach responses, and other highâstakes legal work where accuracy and trust are crucial.
The worldâs largest law firms, corporations, and government agencies rely on Relativityâs legal AI software to securely surface and manage the most relevant and impactful information in their matters. Beyond our commercial impact, weâre deeply committed to expanding access to technology for academic institutions through Relativity Academic and supporting pro bono legal work through Justice for Change.
WHAT WE DO
At Relativity, engineers donât just write code. They build the foundational systems that industries rely on to uncover critical insights, ensure compliance, and operate securely at scale. Our platform combines cloudânative architectures, modern developer tooling, and AI capabilities to deliver trusted outcomes across highly regulated environments.
User Authentication Team
The User Authentication team builds and operates tierâ0 identity and authentication services that protect customer access to Relativityâs platform. These services sit directly on the request path for every user interaction, requiring an exceptional focus on availability, security, and correctness. The team partners closely with product, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable authentication workflows, improve reliability and observability, and continuously raise the bar on operational excellence.
If youâre passionate about building securityâcritical systems, designing for failure, and owning highly available services that operate at global scale, Relativity offers the opportunity to make a measurable impact.
Job Description and Requirements
WHAT YOUâLL DO
- Design, develop, and operate authentication and identity services that are secure, highly available, and scalable
- Build and maintain integrations with identity providers, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAMLâbased systems
- Own production reliability for critical services, including onâcall rotations, incident response, and postâincident learning
- Implement defenseâinâdepth security controls such as multiâfactor authentication (MFA), token lifecycle management, and leastâprivilege access
- Improve system observability through metrics, structured logging, dashboards, and alerting
- Participate in code and design reviews with a strong emphasis on security, correctness, and failure modes
- Collaborate crossâfunctionally with product, security, and platform teams to deliver authentication features, improvements, and migrations
- Contribute to longâterm identity and authentication strategy across the platform
WHAT WEâRE LOOKING FOR
Required
- Bachelorâs degree or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as C#, Java, or Python
- Experience designing and operating cloudâbased services
- Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability, failure handling, and scalability
Preferred
- Experience building or operating authentication, authorization, or other securityâcritical systems
- Working knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and/or SAML
- Experience operating tierâ0 or businessâcritical services with high availability requirements
- Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and CI/CD practices in production environments
WHY WE COULD BE A GREAT FIT
Impactful Mission
- Your work helps protect customer access to systems used in highâstakes legal and regulatory matters around the world.
SecurityâCritical Engineering
- Youâll design and operate authentication services that sit on the request path for every user, with real ownership over reliability and security.
Growth and Ownership
- Engineers on this team own services endâtoâend, from design through production operations, gaining deep experience in distributed systems and security.
Engineering Culture
- Strong focus on operational excellence, observability, postâincident learning, and raising the quality bar through thoughtful reviews.
Inclusive Environment
- Diverse backgrounds and perspectives make our teams and our products stronger.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary, health and retirement programs, wellness resources, discretionary time off (DTO), parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, two annual company breaks, home office stipend, and an equity program.
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:
$103,000 and $155,000
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.Â
Required Skills:
Engineering Principle, Hardware Integration, Innovation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Quality Assurance (QA), Research and Development, System Designs, Technical Documents, Troubleshooting