Staff Software Developer (Backend) - remote

Posted 3 years ago  • Toronto, ON, Canada

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

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.

A day in the life might look like:

  • Working with a team of developers to solve complex problems and provide elegant solutions to Clio customers;
  • Work in an agile environment with our team of full stack developers across a variety of projects.
  • Using a wide variety of technologies, learning new things, and challenging yourself;
  • Participating in diverse projects and collaborating with multiple engineering teams across three countries;
  • Review and provide feedback on a peer's code, both from within your own team or across all of Clio. Thrive as #TeamClio.
  • Write and ship code in a test driven environment (TDD)
  • Collaborate with teams across Clio to diagnose, understand, and solve problems, and to build solutions that may span many areas.
  • Teach and learn 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 and Ruby on Rails;
  • 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.

Don’t have all of those?

The most important part of this job is that you approach new challenges with curiosity and a drive to apply what you learn to fixing root causes, not just symptoms. Deep curiosity and a desire to learn will help you succeed in this job, combined with a drive to help others by shipping code. We have cross-trained developers coming from Java, Python, C++, and JavaScript backgrounds, and are happy to help you learn Ruby when you get here.

Our Team

We are an award-winning team that is both human and high performing–and are setting new standards for what it means to be a tech company. Clio has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, Most Admired Cultures and has topped Fast Company’s list of Most Innovative Companies.

Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation.

At Clio, we pride ourselves in enabling our teams to do the best work of their careers and are committed to providing the tools and infrastructure needed, wherever you choose to log in from.

Learn more about our culture and benefits at clio.com/careers