Senior Development Manager, Payments

Clio; Toronto; On-site; CAD 192,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Hybrid work environment

Counseling benefit

RRSP matching

RESP contribution

Clioversary recognition

Job summary

Clio is seeking a Senior Software Development Manager for Payments to lead a technical, hands-on team across payments and financial services. You will shape strategy, mentor managers and individual contributors, and partner with product leaders to advance Clio's roadmap while ensuring scalable, reliable systems.

The role requires collaboration across global teams and a strong focus on growth and inclusion. You will work in a hybrid setup in Toronto, guiding execution and delivering high-impact

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of large engineering teams.
• Experience in payments/fintech.
• Ability to define and execute long-term technical strategy.
• Experience scaling services and systems.
• Mentor and develop high-performing engineers.
• Experience running agile organizations at scale.
• Advocate for diverse, inclusive engineering culture.
• Growth mindset with AI and new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a growing team focused on Clio's payments, capital and financial services portfolio.
• Define and drive technical strategy for innovative projects including new financial services for North America and beyond.
• Supervise and mentor engineering managers and ICs actively involved in delivery.
• Partner with Product Management and Product Design to shape the product roadmap.
• Collaborate with Recruiting to attract top engineering talent.
• Roll up your sleeves to contribute code, reviews, and architectural decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Fintech/payments experience

Agile management

People development

Job description

Clio is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster, and more securely.

We are transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.

Summary:

We are currently seeking a Senior Software Development Manager, Payments to join our Engineering team. This role is available to candidates in Toronto with a minimum two days a week in our Toronto office during one of our anchor days.

At Clio we strive to be both human and high performing. For Senior Software Development Managers that means growing and supporting a team of managers and individual contributors and also partnering with senior leadership to define the strategy and long term vision of their area of ownership.

Our Senior Software Development Managers are highly technical and hands on, often coding, designing, and reviewing alongside their teams. They coach and build their teams to be both strong technically and as team members. They create a safe and productive environment for all.

What You’ll Work On:

• Roll up your sleeves and deep dive into the technology & code to get things done and help managers & developers better understand what is possible.
• Lead a growing team focused on Clio's payments, capital and financial services portfolio.
• Guide the technical strategy for innovative projects, including launching new financial services for our law firms in North America and internationally.
• Directly supervise, mentor, and collaborate with engineering managers and individual contributors who are in the thick of it every day.
• Partner with leadership in Product Management and Product Design to envision, develop, and execute on our product roadmap.
• Work closely with the Recruiting/People team to actively recruit and hire top talent to support Clio’s ambitious growth plans for its engineering department.

About you:

• Experienced engineering leader who's comfortable using spec-driven development, and running autonomous agents to develop, test and push code to production.
• A background in fintech, with direct experience in payments and financial services.
• Adept at making critical technical decisions to guide your team and ensure the long-term health of the system.
• Proven track record in scaling services and systems with experience in projects built for scalability.
• Adept at managing and mentoring high-performing teams, nurturing talent, and guiding individuals toward professional growth and development.
• Experienced in crafting long-term strategies and managing technical roadmaps that pave the way for future growth.
• Successful running agile organizations at scale, with a sense of urgency to deliver quality software to solve customer problems.
• Demonstrated experience in promoting positive culture and diversity throughout a large engineering organization to achieve transformational change.
• Growth mindset when it comes to process improvement and new technologies, especially AI.

This role is a backfill for an existing position.

What you will find here:

Compensation is one of the main components of Clio’s Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.

Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance
• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office minimum twice per week.
• $2000 annual counseling benefit
• RRSP matching and RESP contribution
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years

The expected salary range* for this role is $192,000 to $240,000 to $288,000 CAD. There are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.

In addition, this role is eligible for variable pay that is based on company performance, with actual payout amounts calculated and paid on a quarterly basis.

*Our salary bands are designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and to allow room for growth at Clio. For experienced individuals, we typically hire at or around the midpoint of the band. The top portion of the salary band is reserved for employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. Those who are new to the role may join below the midpoint and develop their skills over time. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility

Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included, valued, and enabled to do the best work of their careers, wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our culture at clio.com/careers

We're a Human and High Performing AI company, meaning we use artificial intelligence to improve all of our operations. In recruitment, AI helps us streamline the process for greater efficiency. However, we've built our systems to ensure that a human always reviews AI-generated output, and we never make automated hiring decisions.

Disclaimer: We only communicate with candidates through official @clio.com email addresses.