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Senior Software Engineer

Relativity
United States, Iowa, Des Moines
Aug 22, 2025

Posting Type

Hybrid

Job Overview

The Senior Software Engineer designs, implements and tests cloud native software consistently applying best practice software engineering. The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for delivering results by: Contributing to an Agile team that solves complex challenges and builds working software, rapidly producing high quality code and, by being a dependable and highly skilled development resource for peers.

Job Description and Requirements

Key responsibilities include:
  • Apply object-oriented principles, SOLID practices, and modern patterns to build clean, maintainable, and scalable software
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship within an agile team, guiding design decisions, improving engineering practices, and ensuring delivery of secure, high-performance software.
  • Build and evolve automation across CI/CD pipelines and related workflows, ensuring fast, reliable, and secure delivery in a cloud-native environment.
  • Obsessive focus on product quality through comprehensive automation testing, static analysis and peer review.
The Engineer performs the following functions, including, but not limited to:
  • Design and deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance software components using microservices, containers, and managed cloud services
  • Build full-stack solutions with emphasis on modern JavaScript front-end frameworks and distributed, service-oriented backend systems
  • Enhance engineering practices, automation pipelines, and DevSecOps workflows to drive faster, safer, and more reliable releases.
  • Promote collaborative development through pair programming, code reviews, and design sessions, while maintaining clear, high-quality documentation in tickets, code artifacts, and knowledge systems to ensure knowledge transfer.
  • Leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development, reduce boilerplate work, and focus engineering effort on high-value problem solving.
  • Mentor engineers on cloud-native design patterns, secure coding, and troubleshooting distributed systems using observability, telemetry, and alerting tools; design and implement telemetry as a core part of system reliability.
Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience designing and implementing high-performance data platforms in a cloud environment (Azure preferred), with strong knowledge of Agile (SCRUM) practices.
  • Hands-on expertise in CI/CD workflows, test automation, and modern software development practices.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to deliver solutions in fast-paced environments, coupled with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to drive effective collaboration
  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience with .NET, JavaScript, Kubernetes, streaming APIs, and Cosmos DB is a strong plus
Minimum qualifications:
  • 7+ years of professional software development experience on commercial-grade systems and applications with cloud native architecture.
  • Full knowledge of and adherence to SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) standards and best practices.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate development, improve productivity, and enhance code quality.

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:

$126,000 and $190,000

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.

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