Manager, Software Engineering

Posting Type

Remote

Job Overview

About Relativity

Relativity is a market-leading global tech company that equips legal and compliance professionals with a powerful platform to organize data, uncover the truth, and act on it. Our SaaS product, RelativityOne, is the fastest-growing in our company’s history, trusted by the U.S. Department of Justice, 199 of the Am Law 200, and over 329,000 enabled users for litigation, internal investigations, and compliance projects.

We've been consistently recognized as a great workplace, and we seek individuals who bring their authentic selves to our team.

Our Work Culture

We believe talent isn’t bound by geography—what you do matters more than where you do it. Our hybrid work strategy allows employees to work from home, a Relativity office (when safe to do so), or a combination of both. Submit your application to learn more from our recruiters.

About the Role

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will:

Lead and develop a high-performing team of software engineers.

Serve as a subject matter expert for the product and functions your team owns.

Have decision-making autonomy regarding your team’s operations and objectives.

Receive mentorship and coaching from leadership to support your success.

Job Description and Requirements

Your Responsibilities 

As a leader in the infrastructure group, you will: 

• Oversee a Scrum team, ensuring its success through Agile principles and leadership. 

• Drive organizational efficiency through industry best practices for SaaS products. 

• Lead an internal Observability and SRE teams that apply state-of-the-art solutions to assure frictionless delivery of Relativity products. 

• Allocate team members’ efforts strategically based on organizational needs. 

• Manage the team's workload, hiring, and performance evaluation. 

• Leverage technical leads and architects to develop effective solutions. 

• Foster a high-performance culture and cost-effective practices. 

• Provide continuous employee development opportunities to help your team grow. 

• Serve as a technology advisor, staying ahead of industry trends. 

• Contribute hands-on to software design, development, and integration. 

• Develop a strategic vision for your team's domains. 

• Implement operational policies and drive process improvements. 

Required Qualifications 

• Positive attitude and strong teamwork skills 

• 4+ years of experience leading software engineering teams 

• 10+ years of experience in commercial-grade software development 

• Experience leading distributed teams 

• Familiarity with modern programming languages and object-oriented programming 

• Knowledge of high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems 

• Experience with Cloud native architecture 

• Proficiency with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and SRE practices  

• Ability to motivate teams and improve efficiency under pressure 

• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills 

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