Software Development Manager

Clio; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 181,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier health benefits

Hybrid work environment

20 days off per year

RRSP matching

RESP contribution

Clioversary recognition

Job summary

Clio, a global leader in legal AI tech, seeks a Software Development Manager to lead engineering teams across Canada (hybrid). The role emphasizes hands-on coding, architectural excellence, and coaching growth in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

You will mentor engineers, shape roadmaps, and participate in hiring while collaborating with cross-functional partners. Ideal candidates bring leadership with a strong development background and a passion for delivering solid technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of software teams delivering large SaaS products.
• Hands-on software development background with coding experience.
• Ability to design and review architecture and code.
• Experience hiring and developing engineers in a fast-paced market.
• Strong capability to translate business needs into technical roadmaps.
• Track record of coaching engineers to grow technically and professionally

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with your triad to understand business challenges and craft a team roadmap.
• Design and oversee technical solutions with your team.
• Provide constructive feedback on code reviews and architecture documents.
• Act as a contributor through code reviews or shipping features.
• Hold 1:1s with direct reports to support career growth.
• Participate in hiring to expand the engineering team at Clio.
• Review code from your team and other developers for quality and consistency.

Skills

People leadership

Hands-on coding

SaaS expertise

Roadmap development

Coaching & mentoring

Technical problem solving

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Python

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 aSoftware Development Managerto join our Engineering team. 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 twice per week on one of our Anchor Days.

At Clio we strive to be both human and high performing. For Development Managers this means supporting and growing your people, strong execution as a team and as a triad (the teams Designer + Product + Development manager leadership group), and building solid technical solutions. Our development managers are highly technical and hands on, often coding, designing and reviewing alongside their team. They coach and build their teams to be both strong technically and strong team members. They create a safe and productive environment for all Clions.

A day in the life might look like:

Collaborating with your triad to: understand the challenges our business faces, identify the most impactful opportunities, and craft a roadmap for the team

Working with your team on designing the technical solutions

Giving great feedback on code reviews, architecture documents, and more to help support team members making great technical decisions for their projects

Actively participating as a contributor to the project, either through extensive code reviews, or shipping code

Having a 1:1 meeting with your direct reports to make sure they are supported in their career growth and development goals

Actively participating in hiring to grow engineering team at Clio

Reviewing code contributed by members from your team or other Clio developers reaching out to you for your experience with a given technology or pattern

You may be a fit for this role if:

Demonstrated success in people leadership in software development, particularly with large scale SaaS products

A strong background in hands-on software development

Diverse base of knowledge that allows you to help your team solve complex technical problems

The ability to describe successful projects you worked on, as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects

Demonstrated ability to hire the best and brightest engineers in a fast-paced job market—and to coach, develop, and retain engineering talent; You are equally energized by both your own technical work as well as contributing to the career growth of your team

You have strong opinions that are weakly held, and foster that same attitude in others

You believe in providing honest, actionable feedback to your team, and encourage your team to reciprocate

You devise roadmaps to guide your team, but aren't beholden to them -- you easily adapt to a constantly changing world

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

Serious bonus points if you have:

A philosophy on what makes for great software development teams

Experience with CRM products at scale

Experience with Ruby on Rails or Python

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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.

RRSP matching and RESP contribution

Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years

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 aSoftware Development Managerto join our Engineering team. 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 twice per week on one of our Anchor Days.

At Clio we strive to be both human and high performing. For Development Managers this means supporting and growing your people, strong execution as a team and as a triad (the teams Designer + Product + Development manager leadership group), and building solid technical solutions. Our development managers are highly technical and hands on, often coding, designing and reviewing alongside their team. They coach and build their teams to be both strong technically and strong team members. They create a safe and productive environment for all Clions.

A day in the life might look like:

• Collaborating with your triad to: understand the challenges our business faces, identify the most impactful opportunities, and craft a roadmap for the team

• Working with your team on designing the technical solutions

• Giving great feedback on code reviews, architecture documents, and more to help support team members making great technical decisions for their projects

• Actively participating as a contributor to the project, either through extensive code reviews, or shipping code

• Having a 1:1 meeting with your direct reports to make sure they are supported in their career growth and development goals

• Actively participating in hiring to grow engineering team at Clio

• Reviewing code contributed by members from your team or other Clio developers reaching out to you for your experience with a given technology or pattern

You may be a fit for this role if:

• Demonstrated success in people leadership in software development, particularly with large scale SaaS products

• A strong background in hands-on software development

• Diverse base of knowledge that allows you to help your team solve complex technical problems

• The ability to describe successful projects you worked on, as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects

• Demonstrated ability to hire the best and brightest engineers in a fast-paced job market—and to coach, develop, and retain engineering talent; You are equally energized by both your own technical work as well as contributing to the career growth of your team

• You have strong opinions that are weakly held, and foster that same attitude in others

• You believe in providing honest, actionable feedback to your team, and encourage your team to reciprocate

• You devise roadmaps to guide your team, but aren't beholden to them -- you easily adapt to a constantly changing world

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

Serious bonus points if you have:

• A philosophy on what makes for great software development teams

• Experience with CRM products at scale

• Experience with Ruby on Rails or Python

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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 $180,500 to $270,700 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.