Manager, Machine Learning 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 Manager, Machine Learning Engineering to join our rapidly growing engineering organization. This role is for someone who is passionate about building innovative solutions and being exposed to new challenges and technologies while making an impact. This role is available to candidates across Canada and the US.   What your team does: We at Clio have an amazing team that is on a mission to transform the legal experience for all, and our engineering team's goal is to deliver an incredible experience to our customers. In the AI team at Clio, we use the latest in GenAI, and LLMs in particular, along with agentic systems, to build solutions that make our customers' work more streamlined and efficient, giving them more time to focus on their clients' needs. That means going beyond single-shot model calls: we design agentic workflows where models reason over context, use tools, and take multi-step actions on behalf of legal professionals, all grounded in a customer's real data. A day in the life might look like: Lead a team of ML engineers to bring state of the art AI to Clio's clients, spanning traditional ML models, GenAI, and agentic AI. Guide the team in designing and shipping agentic systems, including retrieval, tool use, orchestration, and the evaluation frameworks that keep them reliable and safe in production. Collaborate cross-functionally with MLOps engineering, product management, operations, and data science to identify new tooling for ML and LLM-driven features for Clio customers. Work in an agile environment with our team of ML engineers, ML ops, and full stack developers across a variety of projects Learn new things, challenge yourself, and hone your craft as an ML and infrastructure expert in a space that is moving fast Participate in diverse projects and collaborate with multiple engineering teams across three countries. Review and provide feedback on code, both from within your own team or across all of Clio. Collaborate with teams across Clio to diagnose, understand, and solve problems, and to build solutions that may span many areas. Teach and learn from those around you, providing constructive feedback and taking on feedback to help grow.   What you may have: Experience in managing high performing teams. Experience with technical evaluations of various ML and LLM products, vendors, out-of-the-box solutions, and conducting quick proof of concepts if necessary. In-depth understanding of LLMs, GenAI, and the competitive landscape, including where the technology is heading. Hands-on familiarity with building agentic systems, such as tool-calling agents, RAG pipelines, prompt and context design, and evaluating agent behavior at scale. Experience in fine-tuning foundational models and/or training language models in-house. Experience to manipulate, clean, and pre-process complex unstructured data for model development. The ability to become fluent in new technologies quickly and work effectively in an ever-evolving environment that includes distributed teams and customers. Demonstrated success in mentorship in software development, particularly using an Agile process and with large scale SaaS products. A diverse base of knowledge that allows you to help your team solve complex technical problems. A history of past projects (including notable successes and lessons learned). Clear and concise communication skills and the ability to build high-trust relationships with fellow Clions and customers.   #LI-Remote This role is a backfill for an existing position. 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