Senior Software Developer (Calendar & Court Rules)

Clio; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

RRSP/401k

Hybrid work

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Health/Dental/Vision

Wellness programs

Counseling benefit

Volunteer time

RESP contribution

Job summary

Clio is hiring a Senior Software Developer to own mission-critical work on the Calendar & Court Rules engines. You will tackle jurisdiction logic, deadline calculations, and cross-system data sync in a fast-paced, high-ownership team.

You will mentor engineers, document design decisions, and represent the team in cross-organization technical discussions, while balancing speed with reliability and AI-assisted delivery.

Qualifications

• Deep experience building and scaling web applications in Ruby on Rails, with a focus on data integrity.
• Track record of leading projects end to end and documenting them (design docs, decision records, run-books).
• Strong written and verbal communication and ability to build high-trust relationships with engineers and non-engineers.
• Genuine strength in mentorship, especially growing earlier-career engineers by listening and asking questions.
• Comfort with ambiguity and cross-functional collaboration across product, design, legal, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a project end to end: shape the design, document reasoning, and drive it across every team it touches.
• Mentor a team of engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design discussions to accelerate growth.
• Represent the team in cross-Clio technical discussions on architecture, standards, and cross-team challenges.
• Move fast sustainably by leveraging AI to amplify output while preserving clarity and quality.

Job description

• We’re hiring a Senior Software Developer to join the team behind Clio’s Calendar & Court Rules - the engine and experience that keeps lawyers on top of jurisdiction-specific court deadlines


• We’re a small, high-ownership team working across Clio Manage and a dedicated court-rules service, in a domain where correctness genuinely matters - court-rule calculations, deadline automation, jurisdiction management, and the billing and data-sync underneath them


• We ship a lot, we review everything, and we partner closely with Product, Design, and Content. We move fast and lean heavily on AI to do it


• Go deep on complex, correctness-critical problems - jurisdiction logic, deadline calculation, cross-system data sync, and the billing that depends on them


• Lead a project end to end: shape the design, write it down so others can follow the reasoning, and drive it across every team it touches


• Mentor a team of fast-rising engineers- through code review, pairing, and design discussion - with the kind of feedback that grows people toward senior. Great mentoring here looks like drawing people out, not just handing them the answer


• Represent the team in cross-Clio technical discussions- architecture, standards, and the ambiguous cross-team problems that don’t have an obvious owner


• Help us move fast sustainably- amplifying your output with AI while bringing enough structure that speed never costs clarity

Benefits

• Specialized learning and development programs and access to an in-house performance coach


• Equitable compensation for your contributions, regardless of gender, race, or any other identifying factor


• Access to pay transparency on all of our global roles


• Company equity for applicable employees


• RRSP-matching in Canada, 401k in the US, and pension plans in Ireland


• Hybrid model - striking the right balance between the benefits of in person connectivity that in office brings, and the flexibility of remote


• Flexible paid time off (4-week minimum with opportunities for personalization based on individual needs and achievements)


• Parental leave options for birthing and non-birthing parents


• A $500 contribution to your child’s RESP


• Various health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family, including an Employee and Family Assistance Program


• Virtual and In-person Wellness Programs to support mental and physical health


• Paid time for volunteering through our Clio Gives program


• $2000 annual counseling benefit for CAD Clions

Comfort in ambiguity and cross-functional rooms- you can build consensus, translate engineering for non-engineers (PM, Design, Legal, Finance, Support), and move alignment forward when no one clearly owns itYou actively use AI to amplify your craft and are excited to push how far it goesDeep experience building and scaling web applications in Ruby on Rails, especially where data integrity is non-negotiableA track record of leading projects end to end and documenting them- design docs, decision records, run-books - so the thinking outlives the momentA track record of past projects - notable wins and lessons learnedClear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build high-trust relationships with both technical and non-technical partners, and with customersGenuine strength in mentorship, particularly growing earlier-career engineers by listening and asking, not only telling