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We are looking to fill multiple roles so even if this job seems to be up for a while, it's because we're continuously hiring for brand new teams. We understand that in this job market, it feels like if you don't submit an application right away, then you won't be considered, but that's not the case here. We truly welcome you to apply anyways, and we commit to a human reviewing and processing your application as soon as we can.\nWe’re 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.\nAs 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.\nThis 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.\nWhat Your Team Does:\nWe build, secure, and maintain the infrastructure and critical services that power Clio’s core applications\n\nWe help Clions make data-driven decisions by providing observability and transparency for all of our environments\n\nWe collaborate with the Clio product development teams to build tools that improve workflows and remove manual labour or friction points\n\nWhat You'll Work On:\nYou’ll be responsible for preparing Clio’s database infrastructure for the future in terms of scale and reliability\n\nYou will collaboratively define the roadmap to support business goals, and satisfy application requirements\n\nYou will investigate and solve performance problems with our MySQL databases and other data stores\n\nYou will scope, define, and collaborate with developers to implement automation and processes that power the reliability of Clio’s data stores\n\nWhat You Should Have:\nExperience investigating and solving performance problems\n\nThe ability to optimize query performance\n\nReadiness to work with and develop the MySQL knowledge to the rest of the SRE team\n\nA portfolio of successful projects (as well as a collection of lessons learned from failed projects)\n\nA keen interest in improving your craft using AI\n\nDon’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.\nSerious bonus points if you have experience with:\nMigrations tools, pt-online-schema-change or gh-ost\n\nManaging hosts with Puppet\n\nDocker and Kubernetes\n\nRuby or Golang\n\nAWS resources with Terraform or CloudFormation\n\nBash\n\nProxySQL and the Percona toolkit\n\nThis is for a net new role.\nWhat you will find here:\nCompensation 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.\nSome highlights of our Total Rewards program include:\nCompetitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance\n\nHybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin, London, New York City and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.\n\nFlexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.\n\n$2000 annual counseling benefit\n\nRRSP matching and RESP contribution\n\nClioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years\n\nThe expected salary range for this role is $119,000 to $161,000 CAD. Initial placement within the range is informed by geographic region, experience, and skillset, with room to progress as impact and tenure grow. Final offer amounts will vary based on candidate profile.Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility\nOur team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated todiversity, 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.\nClio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. 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