Software Development Manager (London)

Themis Solutions Inc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal tech firm in the UK is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead and grow its engineering team. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to build robust solutions that enhance AI products. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and a passion for developing talent. The position supports flexible working arrangements, with expectations to be present in the office twice a week, ensuring a blend of productivity and collaboration. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid work environment

Flexible time-off policy

Pension contribution

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in leading software development teams.
• Strong background in hands-on software development methodologies.
• Ability to hire and retain engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to identify challenges and craft strategies.
• Build APIs for automating complex legal tasks.
• Support career growth for team members through 1:1 meetings.
• Contribute to projects through coding and code reviews.

Skills

People leadership

Hands-on software development

Problem-solving

Technical coaching

Team collaboration

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Distributed computing solutions

Job description

About the Role

We are currently seeking a Software Development Manager to join our Engineering team. This role is available to candidates across the UK, with preference in London. If you are local to one of our hubs in London you will be expected to be in the 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. As a Software Development Manager, you will play a key role in building and scaling the core services and infrastructure that power vLex products, and especially our flagship AI product, Vincent AI. You'll work closely with Research Engineers, System Engineers, Frontend developers and the Product team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving challenging technical problems, cares deeply about performance and reliability, and wants to make a global impact in the legal tech domain.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with your triad to understand the challenges our business faces, identify the most impactful opportunities, and craft a roadmap for the team.
• Build APIs and services that robustly enable automation of complex legal tasks, ensuring traceability and security, using distributed computing orchestration solutions such as temporal.io or cadence.
• Develop the backend component for a solution that supports real‑time collaboration between users and between users and AI agents.
• Give great feedback on code reviews, architecture documents, and more to help support team members making great technical decisions for their projects.
• Actively participate as a contributor to the project, either through extensive code reviews, or shipping code.
• Conduct 1:1 meetings with your direct reports to make sure they are supported in their career growth and development goals.
• Participate in hiring to grow the engineering team at Clio.
• Review code contributed by members from your team or other Clio developers, reaching out to you for your experience with a given technology or pattern.

Qualifications

• 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.
• A strong technical passion and a desire to contribute 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 are not beholden to them – you adapt easily to a constantly changing world.
• 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.

Compensation and Benefits

Clio is a global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster and more securely. Compensation is a main component of Clio's Total Rewards Program. Some highlights of our program include:

• Competitive, equitable salary with top‑tier health benefits and dental coverage.
• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office minimum twice per week.
• Flexible time‑off policy.
• Pension contribution.
• Clioversary recognition programme with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years.
• Salary bands may differ based on location and local currency. Benefits may differ depending on the employee's location.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility

Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and is 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 their best work 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 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.

Next Steps

We are excited to hear from candidates who meet these qualifications. If you are interested, please apply through clio.com/careers.