Senior Platform Engineer, Logging

Clio; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 146,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal tech company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Security team. This role involves building scalable logging architectures and optimizing data pipelines. Candidates should have extensive experience with ELK stack and cloud storage solutions. The position offers a hybrid work environment and competitive salary. If you're passionate about enhancing security observability, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive salary with health benefits

Flexible time off policy

2000 annual counseling benefit

RRSP matching and RESP contribution

Qualifications

• Proven Senior-level expertise building enterprise-scale logging and data ingestion systems.
• Data architecture experience designing data lakes and multi-tier storage architectures.
• ELK stack mastery including Elasticsearch cluster design and Logstash pipeline optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable logging infrastructure including data lakes.
• Build and optimize high-throughput log ingestion pipelines.
• Architect ELK stack deployments and hybrid cloud logging solutions.

Skills

Building enterprise-scale logging systems

Data architecture experience

ELK stack mastery

Streaming data expertise

Cloud storage architecture experience

Performance optimization skills

Infrastructure as Code proficiency

Data pipeline engineering

API and integration design

Monitoring and observability expertise

Education

5+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Apache Kafka

AWS Glue

Elasticsearch

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Clio is a global leader transforming the legal experience by bettering the lives of legal professionals and increasing access to justice.

Summary : We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer, Logging to join our Security team and help establish our new Logging Engineering team. This role focuses on scalable logging architectures, robust data pipelines, and security-focused logging automation at scale. You will lead the technical architecture for our logging infrastructure and impact security observability.

This role is available to candidates across Canada (excluding Quebec). If you are local to one of our hubs (Burnaby, Calgary, or Toronto) you will be expected to be in office minimum two days per week for our Anchor Days.

What your team does

We are building a new Logging Engineering team to design and build the logging platform architecture from the ground up. You will be a technical leader and advisor for security logging, with a strong data engineering background and experience building enterprise-scale logging platforms.

What you will work on

• Design and architect scalable logging infrastructure including data lakes, security lakes, and multi-tier storage strategies
• Build and optimize high-throughput log ingestion pipelines using streaming technologies and cloud-native services
• Architect ELK stack deployments, OpenSearch clusters, and hybrid cloud / on-premises logging solutions
• Design data retention, lifecycle management, and cost optimization strategies for petabyte-scale log storage
• Partner with the security team lead to develop the logging platform roadmap and technical vision
• Build Infrastructure as Code for logging infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and disaster recovery
• Optimize query performance across multiple data stores and implement efficient data partitioning strategies
• Design API and integration layers for log data access, enabling self-service analytics and detection engineering
• Lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and architectural decisions for the logging platform
• Mentor engineering team members on logging best practices, data architecture, and platform operations

What you bring

• Proven Senior-level expertise building enterprise-scale logging and data ingestion systems, typically gained over 5+ years of relevant experience
• Data architecture experience designing data lakes, lake houses, and multi-tier storage architectures for log data
• ELK stack mastery including Elasticsearch cluster design, Logstash pipeline optimization, and Kibana customization
• Streaming data expertise with Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, AWS Glue, Azure Event Hubs, or similar real-time ingestion platforms
• Cloud storage architecture experience with AWS S3, Azure Data Lake, GCS, and intelligent data tiering strategies
• Performance optimization skills for high-volume data ingestion, indexing strategies, and query optimization
• Infrastructure as Code proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar for logging infrastructure automation
• Data pipeline engineering experience with Apache Spark, Flink, or cloud-native data processing services
• API and integration design for enabling secure access to log data across multiple consumer applications
• Monitoring and observability expertise for logging platform health, performance metrics, and capacity planning

Nice to have

• Security-focused logging experience with SIEM integration, security data lakes, and compliance-driven data retention
• Multi-cloud logging architecture designing consistent logging platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Open source contributions to Elasticsearch, Logstash, Apache Kafka, or other logging ecosystem projects
• Data governance expertise implementing data classification, privacy controls, and regulatory compliance for log data
• Advanced analytics platforms experience with Splunk Enterprise, Sumo Logic, or other enterprise logging platforms
• Container and Kubernetes logging architecture for cloud-native application log collection and processing
• Cost optimization expertise for large-scale data storage, implementing intelligent archiving and data lifecycle policies
• Technical leadership experience mentoring teams, setting architectural standards, and driving technical strategy
• Programming proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or Scala for custom logging pipeline development and automation

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, and Dublin) to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days.
• 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 full salary range

• The full salary range for this role is $146,200 to $172,000 to $197,800 CAD. Please note salary bands may differ based on location and local currency. Additionally, benefit offerings may differ depending on the employee's location.
• We aim to hire all candidates between the minimum and the midpoint of the full salary range. We reserve the midpoint to the maximum of the salary band for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on individual experience and skillset of the candidate. Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.

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

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