Senior Platform Engineer

Clio; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 157,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Hybrid work

Flexible time off

Counseling benefit

RRSP matching

Clioversary program

Job summary

Clio—a global leader in legal AI technology—seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure for production environments. You will advance IaC with Terraform, collaborate on CI/CD improvements, and elevate observability and reliability across our cloud platforms.

You’ll work with a globally distributed team, guiding best practices, mentoring peers, and partnering with Security, MLOps, and Product Engineering to deliver scalable, secure systems.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing, deploying, and operating AWS infrastructure and managed services at scale.
• Strong expertise with Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• A strong foundation with coding skills for automation or application development.
• Proficiency in container orchestration and cluster management.
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Buildkite, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
• Familiarity with Linux systems administration, networking, and observability tooling.
• Demonstrate a keen interest in improving your craft by using AI.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities, with a focus on knowledge sharing and team collaboration.
• Growth mindset with process improvement and new technologies, especially AI.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the AWS infrastructure supporting production environments.
• Implement and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform for reproducibility and compliance.
• Collaborate with developers to improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• Enhance observability and reliability with alerting and monitoring improvements.
• Lead cloud optimization projects for performance, cost, and security gains.
• Mentor team members and promote technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Partner with Security, MLOps, and Product Engineering to deliver scalable systems.

Skills

AWS architecture

Cloud automation

Container orchestration

Linux administration

Networking

Observability tooling

AI interest

Communication

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

Buildkite

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes (EKS)

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

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 currently seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Systems Engineering Team. This role is available to candidates across Canada. If you are local to one of our hubs (Burnaby, Calgary, or Toronto) you will be expected to be in office minimum twice per week on one of our Anchor Days.

What your team does:

The Systems Engineering team at Clio builds and operates the systems that power all of our cloud-based products and services. We design, automate, and maintain the infrastructure that enables our global teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable solutions to thousands of customers every day.

Our mission is to make deploying and operating software effortless and safe. We focus on automation, observability, and reliability, ensuring every engineering team at Clio can move faster and with confidence.

You’ll be part of a globally distributed team, collaborating closely with engineers in North America and Europe, driving technical excellence across Clio’s production environments.

Who you are:

You’re an experienced platform engineer who thrives on building infrastructure that just works - scalable, secure, and self-healing. When you're solving problems, you're just as comfortable writing code as you are digging into cloud architecture. You communicate clearly, enjoy mentoring others, and bring both curiosity and calm to complex challenges.

What you’ll work on:

Design, build, and maintain the AWS infrastructure supporting Clio’s production environments.

Implement and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, ensuring reproducibility and compliance.

Collaborate with developers to improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and overall developer experience.

Enhance observability and reliability, refining alerting, monitoring, and incident response.

Lead cloud optimization projects, improving performance, cost efficiency, and security posture.

Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

Partner with Security, MLOps, and Product Engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and compliant systems.

What you may have:

Deep experience designing, deploying, and operating AWS infrastructure and managed services (like RDS, EKS, Lambda) at scale.

Strong expertise with Terraform and infrastructure automation.

A strong foundation with coding skills either with application development, or building automation and tooling.

Proficiency in container orchestration and cluster management.

Experience with CI/CD systems such as Buildkite, GitHub Actions, etc.

Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).

Familiarity with Linux systems administration, networking, and observability tooling.

Demonstrate a keen interest in improving your craft by using AI.

Excellent communication and documentation abilities, with a focus on knowledge sharing and team collaboration

Growth mindset when it comes to process improvement and new technologies, especially AI.

Serious bonus points if you have:

Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS in production environments.

Expertise with best practices for managing and securing Cloud environments at scale.

Prior experience in platform engineering or developer productivity teams.

Prior experience working with software teams building and shipping applications to the Cloud.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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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, London, New York City and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.

• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.

• $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 $157,300 to $212,800 CAD. Initial placement within the range is informed by geographic region, experience, and skillset, with room to progress as impact and tenure grow. Final offer amounts will vary based on candidate profile.

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.