Staff Software Developer

Clio; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 176,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Hybrid work

Flexible time off

Counseling benefit

RRSP matching

RESP contribution

Clioversary recognition

Job summary

Clio, a global leader in legal AI technology, is seeking a Staff Software Developer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. This role is available to candidates across Canada, excluding Quebec.

You will help build scalable web applications, define the technical roadmap, and drive multi-year architectural direction for fintech initiatives. Work with distributed teams across Canada, mentor engineers, and tackle challenging problems while ensuring code quality and security.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development, building web applications at scale.
• Ability to master new technologies quickly in a dynamic environment with distributed teams.
• Mentorship in software development, especially using Agile for large-scale SaaS products.
• Diverse knowledge to help solve complex technical problems.
• Portfolio of successful projects and lessons learned from failures.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical stakeholder for multiple projects and teams.
• Partner with development managers to define the technical roadmap.
• Drive multi-year technical strategy and architecture for your area.
• Identify and resolve big rocks that unlock product opportunities.
• Orchestrate AI agents to architect, review, write high-quality code.
• Collaborate with developers to solve complex problems for Clio customers.
• Mentor peers and provide constructive feedback to the team.

Skills

Web apps at scale

Distributed teams

Mentorship

Agile processes

SaaS products

Communication skills

Tools

AI agents

Distributed systems tooling

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 Staff Software Developer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. This role is for someone who is passionate about building innovative solutions and being exposed to new challenges and technologies while making an impact. This role is available to candidates across Canada, excluding Quebec.

What your team does:

We at Clio have an amazing team that is on a mission to transform the legal experience for all, and our engineering team’s goal is to deliver an incredible experience to our customers. To enable our engineers to build the best product they can, our development team has to build the best possible product that is performant, reliable, scalable, and beautiful.

You will be part of the Fintech portfolio, working with a focus on the Mid-Market segment to increase billing adoption and launching new financial products.

A day in the life might look like:

• Acting as a technical stakeholder for multiple projects and teams within your area of focus;
• Partnering with development managers in defining the technical roadmap for an area;
• Driving the multi-year technical strategy and architectural direction for your area
• Identifying and resolving technical big rocks that unblocks product opportunities;
• Orchestrating AI agents to architect, review, write high quality and well-tested code
• Collaborating with a team of developers to solve complex problems and provide elegant solutions to Clio customers;
• Recognizing when the simple solution is the right one;
• Simplifying coding patterns, interfaces, and abstractions to make them more approachable;
• Using a wide variety of technologies, learning new things, and challenging yourself;
• Reviewing and providing feedback on a peer's code, both from within your own team or across all of Clio. Thrive as #TeamClio;
• Teaching and learning from those around you - providing constructive feedback to those around you, and taking on feedback to help grow.

What you may have:

• Experience in software development, specifically with building web applications at scale;
• The ability to master new technologies quickly and work effectively in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment that includes distributed teams and customers;
• Demonstrated success in mentorship in software development, particularly using an Agile process and with large scale SaaS products;
• A diverse base of knowledge that allows you to help your team solve complex technical problems;
• A portfolio of successful projects (as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects); and
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with fellow Clions and customers.
• Experience building high-throughput and distributed systems that have processed Invoicing, Payments or Financial Products like Payroll.

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, 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 $176,000 to $264,000 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 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 career, 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.