Software Development Manager, Clio

• 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; and
• Demonstrated ability to hire the best and brightest engineers in a fast-paced job market—and to coach, develop, and retain engineering talent; You are equally energized by both your own technical work as well as contributing 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 aren't beholden to them – you easily adapt to a constantly changing world

Desirable

• We are currently seeking a Software Development Manager to join our Platform Engineering team
• This role is available to candidates across Canada (excluding Quebec)
• If you are local to one of our hubs (Burnaby, Calgary, or Toronto) you will be expected to be in office minimum two days per week for 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
• The Platform Data Ubiquity team builds and operates systems that make create / read / update / delete operations on common objects (ex. Users, contacts, etc.) available to all products in the Clio ecosystem
• We take a long-term view of integration, meeting Clio’s products where they are today while also investing in future Clio Platform capabilities, which means that we work with a broad range of technologies, architectures, data stores, and development frameworks
• Collaborating with your triad to: understand the challenges our business faces, identify the most impactful opportunities, and craft a roadmap for the team
• Working with your team on designing the technical solutions
• Giving 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
• Having a 1:1 meeting with your direct reports to make sure they are supported in their career growth and development goals
• Actively participating in hiring to grow engineering team at Clio
• Reviewing code contributed by members from your team or other Clio developers reaching out to you for your experience with a given technology or pattern