Software Development Manager - Content Engineering

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 .

We are currently seeking a Software Development Manager to join our Engineering team. This role is available to candidates in Dublin, Ireland. If you are local to our office hub in Dublin, you will be expected to be in office minimum twice per week on one of our Anchor Days. Specifically, this role supports our Content Engineering group and the Iceberg platform, serving as the technical visionary for the data pipelines that power our core AI products. At Clio we strive to be both human and high performing. For Development Managers this means supporting and growing your people, strong execution as a team and as a triad (the teams Designer + Product + Development manager leadership group), and building solid technical solutions. Our development managers are highly technical and hands on, often coding, designing and reviewing alongside their team. They coach and build their teams to be both strong technically and strong team members. They create a safe and productive environment for all Clions. A day in the life might look like: Collaborating with your triad to: understand the challenges our business faces, identify the most impactful opportunities, and craft a roadmap for the team; Working with your team on designing the technical solutions Giving great feedback on code reviews, architecture documents, and more to help support team members making great technical decisions for their projects; Actively participating as a contributor to the project, either through extensive code reviews, or shipping code Having a 1:1 meeting with your direct reports to make sure they are supported in their career growth and development goals; Actively participating in hiring to grow engineering team at Clio; Reviewing code contributed by members from your team or other Clio d evelopers reachi ng out to you for your experience with a given technology or pattern. You may be a fit for this role if: Demonstrated success in people leadership in software development, particularly with large scale SaaS products; You possess deep technic al expertise in data engineering, specifically in building and scaling complex data transformation pipelines and agentic AI architectures; A strong background in hands-on software development; Diverse base of knowledge that allows you to help your team solve complex technical problems; The ability to describe successful projects you worked on, as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects; and Growth mindset when it comes to proc ess improvement and new technologies, especially AI Demonstrated ability to hire the best and brightest engineers in a fast-paced job market—and to coach, develop, and retain engineering talent; You are equally energized by both your own t echnical 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 believe in providing honest, actionable feedbac k to your team, and encourage your team to reciprocate; Serious bonus points if you have: A ph ilosophy on what makes for great software development teams; Experience with CRM products at scale; and Experience with Ruby on Rails or Python. 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 and dental coverage Hybrid work environment, with expectation