Platform Engineer, Databases

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 :

Were looking for a Platform Engineer Databases to join our Systems Engineering Production team. This role is for someone passionate about building robust scalable database systems and eager to tackle innovative challenges.

As a key player youll focus on optimizing maintaining and evolving our MySQL infrastructure to support high-performance mission-critical applications. This is a unique opportunity to be exposed to diverse technologies and make a measurable impact.

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.

What Your Team Does :

We build secure and maintain the infrastructure and critical services that power Clios core applications

We help Clions make data-driven decisions by providing observability and transparency for all of our environments

We collaborate with the Clio product development teams to build tools that improve workflows and remove manual labour or friction points

What Youll Work On :

Youll be responsible for preparing Clios database infrastructure for the future in terms of scale and reliability

You will collaboratively define the roadmap to support business goals and satisfy application requirements

You will investigate and solve performance problems with our MySQL databases and other data stores

You will scope define and collaborate with developers to implement automation and processes that power the reliability of Clios data stores

What You Should Have :

Experience investigating and solving performance problems

The ability to optimize query performance

Readiness to work with and develop the MySQL knowledge to the rest of the SRE team

A portfolio of successful projects (as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects)

A keen interest in improving your craft using AI

Dont 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.

Serious bonus points if you have experience with :

Migrations tools pt-online-schema-change or gh-ost

Managing hosts with Puppet

Docker and Kubernetes

Ruby or Golang

AWS resources with Terraform or CloudFormation

Bash

ProxySQL and the Percona toolkit

#LI-Remote

This role is a backfill for an existing position.

What you will find here :

Compensation is one of the main components of Clios 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 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 $116500 to $137000 to $157500 CAD. There are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.
• Our salary bands are designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and to allow room for growth at Clio. 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. Those who are new to the role may join below the midpoint and develop their skills over time. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

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 a Human and High Performing AI company meaning we use artificial intelligence to improve all of our recruitment AI helps us streamline the process for greater efficiency. However weve 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 @ email addresses.

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 116500 - 157500