Senior Software Developer, Databases

Join to apply for the Senior Software Developer, Databases role at Clio Join to apply for the Senior Software Developer, Databases role at Clio 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.Summary:We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer, Databases to join our Systems Engineering, Production team. This role is for someone with deep expertise in MySQL , passionate about building robust, scalable database systems, and eager to tackle innovative challenges. As a key player, you’ll 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.Mysql Expertise And Backend Development Experience Is REQUIRED.What Your Team Does: We build, secure, and maintain the infrastructure and critical services that power Clio’s 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 labor or friction points What You'll Work On: You’ll be responsible for preparing Clio’s 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 use your experience to guide development teams on how to improve and optimize their use of the databases You will scope, define, and collaborate with developers to implement automation and processes that power reliability of Clio’s datastores You will work with the SRE team and help develop their MySQL knowledge What You Should Have: Backend development experience MySql expertise Experience investigating and solving performance problems The ability to optimize query performance A portfolio of successful projects (as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects) Who You Are: 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 challenge and enable your team to take initiative, explore, and implement new improvements while balancing that work against satisfying the requirements as defined by the business You believe in providing honest, actionable feedback to your team, and encourage your team to reciprocate You devise roadmaps to guide the future of our datastores infrastructure in terms of scale and data security 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.Serious bonus points if you have: Experience using migrations tools, pt-online-schema-change or gh-ost Experience managing hosts with Puppet Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes Experience developing with Ruby or GoLang Experience managing AWS resources with CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible Experience scripting with BASH Experience using ProxySQL and the Percona toolkit 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, and Dublin) to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days. 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 full salary range* for this role is $146,200 to $172,000 to $197,800 CAD.Please note salary bands may differ based on location and local currency. Additionally, benefit offerings may differ depending on the employee's location.We aim to hire all candidates between the minimum and the midpoint of the full salary range. We reserve the midpoint to the maximum of the salary band for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on individual experience and skillset of the candidate. Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency. Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & AccessibilityOur 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/careersDisclaimer: We only communicate with candidates through official @clio.com email addresses. Seniority level Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Clio by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Senior Software Engineer” roles. 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