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Beyond our commercial impact, we are committed to expanding access to technology and supporting pro bono legal work.\n\nWHAT WE DO\n\nGavel is a Microsoft Word-native agentic surface where lawyers perform real-time, evidence-based document editing and drafting. Gavel operates as a small, founder-led team within Relativity, with product and engineering led directly by Dorna Moini and Pierre Martin.\n\nJob Description and Requirements\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nThis role offers an opportunity to grow as a full-stack AI engineer on a small team that ships agents to lawyers weekly. You will work alongside the engineers who built Gavel from the ground up and gain direct exposure to the founders. You will begin with well-defined features across the stack and grow toward end-to-end ownership of agentic features.\n\nThis Advanced Software Engineer role is designed for an early-career to mid-level engineer ready to grow quickly. The role reports to a Lead or Staff Engineer on Gavel at Relativity and may be based remotely in the United States or in Seattle or Chicago.\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\n\nBuild features across the full stack of Gavel Exec, including agent tools, prompt and context changes, services and API endpoints, and front-end work in the Word add-in and web app.\n\nWrite and extend evaluations, run them, and learn to interpret the results. Ship changes behind feature flags and monitor production outcomes.\n\nLearn and practice a modern software development lifecycle from day one through small, frequent commits, feature-flagged deployments, fast rollbacks, and best-in-class agentic engineering tools.\n\nFix bugs, improve reliability, and add tests while developing an understanding of how agentic systems fail.\n\nPair with Senior and Lead engineers on design and code reviews. Ask questions and document what you learn so others can benefit.\n\nTake on increasingly ambiguous problems as you demonstrate readiness.\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n\nRequired\n\n2+ years of professional software development experience or equivalent demonstrated ability, such as a strong open-source track record , a shipped product, or substantial internship experience.\n\nWorking proficiency in at least one of TypeScript or Python, plus hands-on experience building full-stack web applications with a front end such as React, services, and a relational database using SQL.\n\nHands-on experience building an agentic solution with LLMs, even at a small scale, such as an agent, a retrieval-augmented generation application, or a tool-using assistant. Ability to explain system prompts, tool calls, embeddings, and common failure points.\n\nBasic familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, containers, and CI/CD.\n\nStrong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and writing clean, tested code.\n\nCuriosity about how lawyers work and the humility to learn from acceptance data when an initial idea does not perform as expected.\n\nClear written and spoken English and a preference for simple solutions over clever ones.\n\nWHY WE COULD BE A GREAT FIT\n\nImpactful Mission\n\nBuild systems that help customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it in high-stakes legal matters.\n\nEngineering at Scale\n\nWork on distributed, cloud-native systems that process large volumes of data.\n\nCutting-Edge Technology\n\nBuild with AI, cloud platforms, and scalable architectures shaping legal tech.\n\nGrowth and Ownership\n\nGain experience owning systems end-to-end across cloud and distributed environments.\n\nCollaborative Culture\n\nWork in a team focused on knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.\n\nInclusive Environment\n\nDiverse perspectives create stronger teams and better outcomes.\n\nCompensation and Benefits\n\nCompetitive salary, benefits, DTO, parental leave, and equity program .\n\nRelativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.\n\nThis position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.\n\nThe expected salary range for this role is between following values:\n\n$103,000 and $155,000\n\nThe 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.\n\nRequired Skills:\n\nEngineering Principle, Hardware Integration, Innovation, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Quality Assurance (QA), Research and Development, System Designs, Technical Documents, Troubleshooting","company":"Relativity","rawCompany":"relativity","city":"Windsor","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T08:23:28.679Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"23-1011.00","title":"Lawyers","slug":"lawyers"},{"code":"23-2011.00","title":"Paralegals and Legal Assistants","slug":"paralegals-and-legal-assistants"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Advanced Software Engineer - Ai Surfaces","description":"Posting Type\n\nHybrid/Remote\n\nJob Overview\n\nWHO WE ARE\n\nRelativity is a leading legal data intelligence company building technology that helps users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it with confidence. 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