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[Remote] Advanced Software Engineer

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company building technology that helps users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it with confidence. The Advanced Software Engineer will design and operate authentication services, ensuring their security and reliability while collaborating with multiple teams to enhance the platform's identity management capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • 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 SAML‑based systems
  • Own production reliability for critical services, including on‑call rotations, incident response, and post‑incident learning
  • Implement defense‑in‑depth security controls such as multi‑factor authentication (MFA), token lifecycle management, and least‑privilege 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 cross‑functionally with product, security, and platform teams to deliver authentication features, improvements, and migrations
  • Contribute to long‑term identity and authentication strategy across the platform

Skills

  • Bachelor's 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 cloud‑based services
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability, failure handling, and scalability
  • Engineering Principle
  • Hardware Integration
  • Innovation
  • Problem Solving
  • Process Improvements
  • Quality Assurance (QA)
  • Research and Development
  • System Designs
  • Technical Documents
  • Troubleshooting
  • Experience building or operating authentication, authorization, or other security‑critical systems
  • Working knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and/or SAML
  • Experience operating tier‑0 or business‑critical services with high availability requirements
  • Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and CI/CD practices in production environments

Benefits

  • Health and retirement programs
  • Wellness resources
  • Discretionary time off (DTO)
  • Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
  • Two annual company breaks
  • Home office stipend
  • An equity program
  • Annual performance bonus
  • Long-term incentives

Company Overview

  • Leading legal data intelligence company that builds technology to help users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.relativity.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Relativity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 16 in 2026, 23 in 2025, 12 in 2024, 21 in 2023, 25 in 2022, 20 in 2021, 30 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.