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 are currently seeking a Software Engineer to join our Engineering team in Alderley Edge.

What your team does:

Our engineering team is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high-performance, scalable software that powers critical business processes. We work across a broad technology stack, developing tools and features that support legal and insurance domains at scale. Our team thrives on collaboration, pragmatism, and building software that balances performance with maintainability. We value deep technical thinking, clean code, and engineers who take ownership of end-to-end delivery.

What you’ll work on:

• Build and maintain full-stack features using C#, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Write performant SQL queries and tune them based on execution plans and indexing strategies
• Collaborate with other engineers to design scalable, maintainable systems
• Contribute to both backend services and frontend UI layers using modern practices and tooling
• Work with cross-functional teams to shape product features and system design
• Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and architectural discussions
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the stack
• Occasionally explore and evaluate new technologies, patterns, and tooling

What you may have:

• 4 years of professional experience in software engineering, ideally across a range of domains
• Proficiency in C# with a strong understanding of async/await, memory management, and internals
• Solid understanding of HTML5 and CSS3, including Flexbox and CSS Grid
• Strong SQL skills, including experience with query optimization, execution plans, and indexing
• Experience building solutions at scale (high concurrency, large data volumes)
• Comfortable working in distributed systems and/or monolithic architectures
• Proven ability to design and own system components
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Serious bonus points if you have:

• Experience with LESS or other CSS preprocessors
• Familiarity with tools and platforms like Elasticsearch, Event Store, Pulumi
• Experience working in small teams or mentoring engineers
• Contributions to open-source projects (feel free to share your GitHub!)
• Exposure to microservices and understanding of trade-offs vs monoliths
• Experience working on legal or insurance software domains

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

About Clio

At Clio, we are on a mission to transform the legal experience for all. As the world's leading provider of cloud-based legal software, we provide lawyers with low-barrier, affordable solutions to manage and grow their firms more effectively, more profitably, and with better client experiences. Through the cloud, we believe that we can help create a more inclusive legal community and a more equitable legal system.

We are an award-winning team that has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, Canada’s Most Admired Cultures and has topped Fast Company’s list of Most Innovative Companies. In line with our mission, we’ve been up to some big things, including becoming a multi-product company, launching a $1 million COVID-19 Legal Relief Initiative, and most recently, securing a US$110M Series E funding round and a USD $1.6B valuation.

This is a historic moment in the growth of legal technology! As the first legal practice management unicorn globally, and one of only a handful of Canadian unicorns, this is only the beginning. If you’ve ever wanted to do the best work of your career, while having a meaningful impact in the lives of others, then Clio is the place for you.

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 and dental coverage
• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days.
• Flexible time off policy
• Pension contribution
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years

The full salary range* for this role is £56,600 to £66,600 to £76,600 GBP.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.

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