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're hiring a Senior Software Developer to join the team behind Clio's Calendar & Court Rules — the engine and experience that keeps lawyers on top of jurisdiction-specific court deadlines. This role will require a presence in the hub office twice a week.
What your team does:
We're a small, high-ownership team working across Clio Manage and a dedicated court-rules service, in a domain where correctness genuinely matters — court-rule calculations, deadline automation, jurisdiction management, and the billing and data-sync underneath them. We ship a lot, we review everything, and we partner closely with Product, Design, and Content. We move fast and lean heavily on AI to do it.
A day in the life might look like:
- Go deep on complex, correctness-critical problems — jurisdiction logic, deadline calculation, cross-system data sync, and the billing that depends on them.
- Lead a project end to end: shape the design, write it down so others can follow the reasoning, and drive it across every team it touches.
- Mentor a team of fast-rising engineers— through code review, pairing, and design discussion — with the kind of feedback that grows people toward senior. Great mentoring here looks like drawing people out, not just handing them the answer.
- Represent the team in cross-Clio technical discussions— architecture, standards, and the ambiguous cross-team problems that don't have an obvious owner.
- Help us move fast sustainably— amplifying your output with AI while bringing enough structure that speed never costs clarity.
What you may have:
- Deep experience building and scaling web applications in Ruby on Rails, especially where data integrity is non-negotiable.
- A track record of leading projects end to end and documenting them— design docs, decision records, run-books — so the thinking outlives the moment.
- Genuine strength in mentorship, particularly growing earlier-career engineers by listening and asking, not only telling.
- Comfort in ambiguity and cross-functional rooms— you can build consensus, translate engineering for non-engineers (PM, Design, Legal, Finance, Support), and move alignment forward when no one clearly owns it.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build high-trust relationships with both technical and non-technical partners, and with customers.
- A track record of past projects — notable wins and lessons learned.
- You actively use AI to amplify your craft and are excited to push how far it goes.
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 $144,700 to $195,900 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.
