Director, Engineering Platform

Clio is more than just a tech company–we are a global leader that is transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.

Summary:

As the Director, Engineering Platform you'll have the opportunity to build infrastructure from the ground up. You'll play a key role in the success of Clio’s multi-product growth strategy, shaping how we integrate homegrown and acquired products while tackling exciting technical and architectural challenges with a long-term vision. This is a chance to drive scalability strategies and define processes for sustainable growth in a rapidly evolving company and industry.

 

As a leader in Clio’s engineering organization, you will lead a group of managers and engineers who share your love for new ideas. Together, you and your team will rethink how lawyers operate every day, simplifying tasks, transforming their work and setting new standards. Your impact will go beyond normal boundaries, reshaping the future of law and making a real difference in its core.

What You’ll Work On: 

• Roll up your sleeves and deep dive into the technology & code to get things done and help managers & developers better understand what is possible

• Directly supervise, mentor, and collaborate with engineering managers and individual contributors who are in the thick of it every day.

• Define synchronization between systems and take ownership of the foundational architecture, ensuring that all services communicate effectively now and in the future.

• Partner with leadership in Product Management and Product Design to envision, develop, and execute on our roadmap.

• Work closely with the Recruiting/People team to actively recruit and hire top talent to support Clio’s ambitious growth plans for our documents team/function

About you: 

• Director or  senior engineering leader  who's still comfortable pushing code to production when necessary

• Experience working with multiple products at a platform level, ideally in B2B SaaS environments.

• Hands-on experience with Kafka or other messaging platforms.

• High level of Architectural ability,  particularly with distributed systems or streaming.

• Adept at managing and mentoring high-performing teams, nurturing talent, and guiding individuals toward professional growth and development

• Experienced in crafting long-term strategies and managing technical roadmaps that pave the way for future growth.

• Successful running agile organizations at scale, with a sense of urgency to deliver quality software to solve customer problems

• Demonstrated experience in promoting positive culture and diversity throughout a large engineering organization to achieve transformational change

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 min. once per week on our Anchor Day. 

• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.

• EAP benefits for you and household members, including counseling and online resources

• 401k matching and Child Education Savings

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

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The full salary range* for this role is $216,000 to $270,000 to $324,000 USD. In addition, this role is eligible for variable pay that is based on company performance, with actual payout amounts calculated and paid on a quarterly basis.

*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

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