Clio

Staff Software Developer

Clio$176K — $264K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in software development, especially with scalable web applications.
  • Proficient in quickly mastering new technologies and adapting to dynamic environments.
  • Strong mentorship experience in software development processes, particularly Agile.
  • Diverse technical knowledge for solving complex problems effectively with the team.
  • Portfolio highlighting successful and challenging projects.
  • Excellent communication skills for building trust with team members and customers.
  • Experience with high-throughput and distributed systems in Finance, like payroll or invoicing.

Responsibilities

  • Act as technical stakeholder across multiple projects within your domain.
  • Collaborate with managers to define technical roadmaps.
  • Drive multi-year technical strategies and architectural directions.
  • Identify and resolve significant technical challenges to unlock product potential.
  • Direct AI agents for code architecture, writing, and comprehensive code reviews.
  • Work closely with developers to tackle complex problems with elegant solutions.
  • Promote simplicity in coding practices, patterns, and interfaces.

Benefits

  • Top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Hybrid work model with in-office expectations for major cities in Canada.
  • Flexible time off policy with a minimum of 20 days encouraged annually.
  • Annual counseling benefit of $2000.
  • Retirement savings matching program (RRSP) and Contributions to RESP.
  • Recognition program for milestone anniversaries (3, 5, 7, and 10 years).
Full Job Description
Summary:

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 on candidate profile.

About Clio

Clio is a cloud-based legal practice management software company based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The company was founded in 2008 by Jack Newton and Rian Gauvreau. Clio's software allows law firms to manage their cases, documents, billing, and client information from a single platform. The company has over 150,000 customers in 100 countries. Clio has won numerous awards for its software, including the 2019 Legaltech News Innovation Award for Best Practice Management Software.
Learn more about Clio
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2008

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