Senior Systems Engineer, Clio

Production

CA$149.6-202.4k

For experienced individuals, we typically hire at or around the midpoint of the band. The top portion of the salary band is reserved for employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio.

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

MySQL

Prometheus

Grafana

RDS

Datadog

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

Vancouver

Remote from Canada

More information about location

Legal practice management software

Be an early applicant

Legal practice management software

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityComplianceLegalSaaS

Be an early applicant

CA$149.6-202.4k

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

MySQL

Prometheus

Grafana

RDS

Datadog

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

Vancouver

Remote from Canada

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BSecurityComplianceLegalSaaS

Company mission

Clio's mission is to build cloud-based and client-centred technology that will transform the legal experience for all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You’re an experienced cloud engineer who thrives on building infrastructure that just works - scalable, secure, and self-healing
When you're solving problems, you're just as comfortable writing code as you are digging into cloud architecture. You communicate clearly, enjoy mentoring others, and bring both curiosity and calm to complex challenges
Deep experience designing, deploying, and operating AWS infrastructure and managed services (like RDS, EKS, Lambda) at scale
Strong expertise with Terraform and infrastructure automation
A strong foundation with coding skills either with application development, or building automation and tooling
Proficiency in container orchestration and cluster management
Experience with CI/CD systems such as Buildkite, GitHub Actions, etc
Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Familiarity with Linux systems administration, networking, and observability tooling
Demonstrate a keen interest in improving your craft by using AI
Excellent communication and documentation abilities, with a focus on knowledge sharing and team collaboration
Growth mindset when it comes to process improvement and new technologies, especially AI

Desirable

Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS in production environments
Expertise with best practices for managing and securing Cloud environments at scale
Prior experience in platform engineering or developer productivity teams
Prior experience working with software teams building and shipping applications to the Cloud
Hands-on experience managing and scaling distributed data stores (e.g., MySQL/Aurora) at scale, including troubleshooting database bottlenecks and implementing robust backup and disaster recovery strategies

What the job involves

You’ll be part of a globally distributed team, collaborating closely with engineers in North America and Europe, driving technical excellence across Clio’s production environments
Design, build, and maintain the AWS infrastructure supporting Clio’s production environments
Implement and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, ensuring reproducibility and compliance
Collaborate with developers to improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and overall developer experience
Enhance observability and reliability, refining alerting, monitoring, and incident response
Lead cloud optimization projects, improving performance, cost efficiency, and security posture
Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
Partner with Security, MLOps, and Product Engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and compliant systems

Our take

Modern law firms increasingly manage their work digitally but the lack of a specialised remote solution means that workflows have become fragmented. This leads to legal practice managers having to juggle multiple software solutions across various devices.

Clio provides a legal practice management platform designed for law firms, allowing users to manage billing for legal aid cases, access and manage documents and store files across multiple devices. Whilst other startups are operating in this niche, Clio has uniquely focussed on synchronisation across remote devices and on a wide range of integrations, allowing the user to access information from other industry standard software such as Xero and Klyant from within a single interface.

Clio has raised a large amount of investment capital and benefited from the COVID-era move to cloud technologies. Most recently, it raised a 2024 Series F round, which saw the company attain a valuation exceeding $3 billion. This funding is being used to accelerate AI development and to allow existing investors and employees to cash out their shares.

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Company

Company benefits

Company equity
$500 contribution when you become a parent and/or guardian
4-week minimum vacation
Work from home when you need to (role-specific)
Parental leave options for moms and dads
Customizable extended health benefits (including $2000 per year to spend on counseling)
Wellness programs including an onsite naturopath physiotherapist, and RMT (location-dependent), healthy snacks, and exercise classes
RRSP-matching

Company HQ

Burnaby, BC

Leadership

Jack Newton

(Founder & CEO)

Experience as Director of Product Development for Chenomx Inc. from 2004 to 2009. Advisor for Logikcull.com, dealcloser, and Athennian.

Rian Gauvreau

(Board Member)

Experience developing legal technology for Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP from 2000 to 2008. Graduated the University of British Columbia with an M.B.A. in Strategic Management in 2011.

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