Lead Frontend Software Engineer

Here at Relativity we prioritize flexibility and work-life harmony. Our Hybrid work environment provides options tailored to your role and location, aiming to enhance engagement, connectivity, and productivity.

Join us to experience a culture of collaboration and innovation, where connecting in-person adds value to our collective growth. Let's work together!

We’re looking for someone who has an interest in developing next-generation technologies and a passion for getting things done and has experience in solving complex problems. Enjoys working with smart people and having fun building something great. The perfect team member is also versatile, displays leadership qualities and is enthusiastic about tackling new problems across the full stack as we continue to push technology forward. Enjoys taking responsibility in a self-managing team and understands and supports principles of Agile, like iterative approach, ability to cope with constant change, feedback culture where everything is assessed quickly and changed to fit.

If you have the desire to be continually challenged and work where boredom is an anomaly, then join our Krakow team and be part of a successful Agile-oriented company, experiencing rapid growth in the eDiscovery field, that is currently building its new R&D office in Poland!

Data Ingestion Team

Our company mission is to help customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it.

Our team makes sure data can easily, seamlessly, and quickly get into Relativity.

The team main focuses are:

Develop and maintain data import and export solution for Relativity One Cloud Provide our customers with access to our product via highly available and performant REST API and enable them to build applications that leverage our services Improve monitoring of our product to be able to constantly improve user experience and reliability

Job Description and Requirements

Role Responsibilities: 

The Lead Frontend Software Engineer at Relativity plays a crucial role in the product development team, driving the direction of frontend architecture, mentoring developers, and ensuring the overall quality and performance of the user interface. The Lead Frontend Software Engineer is responsible for delivering results for the product development department by: 

• Work with management to set and communicate team goals and vision aligned to business requirements. 
• Ensure the team stays focused and delivers against the goals, adapting to changing business requirements. 
• Provide input into system software architecture development and future initiatives by working with Staff, Principal Engineers, and Architects as required. 
• Drive technical direction, planning, and effective frontend solutions in enterprise class system.  
• Specify non-functional software requirements and analyze all requirements to determine design feasibility within time and cost constraints to deliver quality software. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically about complex issues. 
• Lead and empower team to apply key design patterns, coding best practices, and methodologies.  
• Lead the test of software with traceability back to requirements emphasizing the practice of Test-Driven Design and the use of autonomous frameworks and Continuous Integration 
• Exemplify Core Values and be a role model. Motivate team through changes and failures. 
• Collaborate with management to mentor team members and guide development growth 
• Drive a culture of one global department, one mission. 

Required Technical Skills and Experience:

• Deep understanding of semantic HTML and modern CSS, including pre-processors like SASS or LESS. 
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including ES6+ features and familiarity with TypeScript for large projects. 
• Extensive experience with modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries like React, Angular, Vue.js, Webpack 5. In-depth knowledge of state management libraries (like Redux, MobX, Vuex) is also important. 
• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and knowledge of asynchronous programming, including Promises and async/await. Working mocks, mock API (for local developments or faster testing). 
• Experience in creating microfrontends or modular, dynamic UI architectures. 
• Experience with design systems like MaterialUI, Bootstrap or similar. 
• Experience in creating responsive designs that work across a wide range of devices and screen sizes. 
• Experience in frontend unit testing with frameworks like Jest, Karma and end-to-end testing with Cypress or Playwright. 
• Understanding of browser differences and experience with tools for cross-browser testing. 
• Techniques for optimizing frontend performance, including lazy loading, code splitting, content delivery networks, and image optimization. 
• Strong understanding of web accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and best practices. 

Required Experience:

• 5 - 7+ years of experience in frontend development, with at least 2-3 years in a senior or lead role. 
• Experience working on large-scale web applications or enterprise platforms. 
• Experience in leading projects from conception through to delivery. 
• A strong portfolio showcasing a range of projects, particularly those where the candidate played a lead role in the frontend development. 

Desirable Additional Skills and Experience:

• Understanding of backend technologies (.Net, Node.js, Python, etc.) to facilitate better collaboration with backend teams. 
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and services related to frontend deployment and scaling. 
• Experience or strong understanding of UI/UX principles can be an additional advantage. 

Relativity is a diverse workplace with different skills and life experiences—and we love and celebrate those differences. We believe that employees are happiest when they're empowered to be their full, authentic selves, regardless how you identify.

Benefit Highlights:

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

Flexible work arrangements

Two, week-long company breaks per year

Unlimited time off

Long-term incentive program

Training investment program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

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:

zł232 000 and zł348 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.