Senior Systems Engineer, Production

Senior Systems Engineer, Production

We are currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer, Production to join our Platform Team. This is a remote role based in the United Kingdom, with a preference for candidates located in or near London for occasional in person collaboration.

What your team does

The Systems Engineering team at Clio builds and operates the systems that power all of our cloud based products and services. We design, automate and maintain the infrastructure that enables our global teams to deliver reliable, secure and scalable solutions to thousands of customers every day. Our mission is to make deploying and operating software effortless and safe, focusing on automation, observability and reliability.

Who you are

• You're an experienced AWS engineer who thrives on building infrastructure that just works - scalable, secure and self healing.
• You're obsessed with automation, love digging into cloud architecture and enjoy mentoring others on best practices.
• You understand what great DevOps looks like - continuous delivery, observability, feedback loops - and you know how to turn those principles into reality.
• You communicate clearly and solve problems creatively, bringing curiosity and calm to complex challenges.

What you'll work on

• Design, build and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting Clio's production environments.
• Implement and evolve Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ensuring reproducibility and compliance.
• Collaborate with developers to improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies and overall developer experience.
• Enhance observability and reliability, refining alerting, monitoring and incident response.
• Lead cloud optimization projects to improve performance, cost efficiency and security posture.
• Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Partner with Security, DevOps and Product Engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient and compliant systems.

What you may have

• Deep experience designing, deploying and operating AWS infrastructure at scale.
• Strong expertise with Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• Solid understanding of AWS services such as ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda.
• Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
• Proficiency in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Buildkite, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Familiarity with Linux systems administration, networking and observability tooling.
• Coding skills in Bash, Python, Ruby or Go.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with a focus on knowledge sharing and team collaboration.

Serious bonus points if you have

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments.
• Expertise in AWS cost management, scaling and multi account strategies.
• Prior experience in platform engineering or developer productivity teams.

What you will find here

• Competitive, equitable salary with top tier health benefits and dental coverage.
• Hybrid work environment - local Clions expected to be in office minimum two days per week on Anchor Days.
• Flexible time off policy.
• Pension contribution.
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7 and 10 years.

Clio is a global leader transforming the legal experience. We are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.