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 are currently seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our rapidly growing engineering team. This role is for someone who is passionate about building innovative data solutions and being exposed to new challenges and technologies while making an impact.
This role is available to candidates across Eastern Canada in the Eastern or Atlantic time zones, excluding Quebec. If you are local to Toronto, then you will be expected to be in office twice per week on days of your choice. If you are not local to Toronto, then you may work remotely across Canada, but our offices are open to you if you would like to visit.
What your team does:
Our data engineering team is driven to deliver an incredible experience to our customers. As a Senior Data Engineer at Clio, you will build data pipelines and data warehouses from scratch, as well as make data sets accessible to our partner teams by writing great production code. We move quickly, work with new state of the art technologies, and are motivated by solving complex problems.
A day in the life might look like:
- Implement data ingestion techniques (streaming and batch) using best practices in data modeling, ETL/ELT processes by leveraging AWS technologies and data tools
- Design, build, and maintain data transformation pipelines consolidating various data sources (streaming or batch) into specific data lakes/data warehouses
- Collaborate with engineers to help adopt best practices in data system creation, data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation
- Develop prototype or "proof of concept" implementations of projects where the technical solution is unknown or unproven
What you may have:
- Deep experience in software development as well as data engineering
- Proficiency in at least one major language (e.g. Python, Scala, Ruby) and SQL, striving to write elegant and maintainable code, and comfortability with picking up new technologies
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS and Terraform are preferred)
- Experience with streaming and batch data tools: Spark, Kafka, Airflow
- Advanced data warehousing experience working with Databricks or similar
- Experience building data pipelines and the infrastructure required to deploy data models and dashboards that allow data visualization
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills and ability to derive clarity in ambiguous environments
- You are an advocate for the data trustworthiness and product excellence of the data platform you build
- You have an interest in improving your craft by using AI
- You are a self-starter and can lead projects with minimum supervision
- You enjoy mentoring junior engineers and are invested in their growth
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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
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.
Skills Required
- Deep experience in software development and data engineering
- Proficiency in at least one major programming language, such as Python, Scala, or Ruby
- Proficiency in SQL
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure
- Experience with AWS and Terraform
- Experience with streaming and batch data tools, including Spark, Kafka, and Airflow
- Advanced data warehousing experience with Databricks or a similar platform
- Experience building data pipelines and infrastructure for data models and dashboards
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments
- Ability to lead projects with minimal supervision
- Interest in improving technical craft using AI
- Interest in mentoring junior engineers and supporting their growth
Clio Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clio and has not been reviewed or approved by Clio.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Public salary bands on job postings and a regional pay‑transparency report signal clear ranges and equity review practices. Pay‑range transparency is described as global, with internal ranges shared company‑wide.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage are emphasized, with U.S. healthcare called out as strong and Canada‑based employees receiving a dedicated counseling benefit. Wellness programming and an Employee and Family Assistance Program complement core medical coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible paid time off with a stated four‑week minimum and paid volunteering time are part of the standard package. Parental leave is offered for birthing and non‑birthing parents.
Clio Insights
What We Do
Clio is the undisputed leader in cloud-based legal technology offering practice management, CRM and client intake software. Clio enables lawyers to be more client-centered and has earned the most 5 star reviews, the approval of over 65 bar associations and law societies around the world, and a global customers base of 150,000. Clio enables law firms to deliver better client experiences through cloud-based practice management, CRM and client intake software. Clio was the first to bring cloud-based legal practice management software to market, and has been leading the industry since 2008 with the first client-centered suite of cloud-based law firm solutions, the Legal Trends Report, and the Clio Cloud Conference, which is now the most widely attended legal tech conference in the industry. Clio is more than software. Clio is the only provider truly invested in the success of you and your clients. Clio’s team of client and firm success specialists combine their expertise on the Legal Trends Report, with their knowledge of Clio’s leading cloud-based legal practice management, CRM and client intake software to help lawyers run results-driven law firms using real time insights. Founded in Vancouver, Canada, Clio employs over 500 staff across five global offices and has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, a Deloitte Fast 50 company, and one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures.
