Hybrid Data Architect

at Clio - Cloud-Based Legal Technology

• Job title: Data Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$109,100 - CA$147,700 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Data Architect designing and governing data foundations for analytics and AI applications at Clio. Collaborating cross-functionally to develop high-quality data models and standards.

Responsibilities

• Design & deliver modular, production-grade data models : Translate raw data into well-tested, performant datasets and reusable building blocks for downstream consumers (analytics, dashboards, ML).
• Build and govern the semantic layer : Define and maintain standardized business metrics and semantic objects so teams and AI systems share a single source of truth.
• AI data strategy & unstructured data tooling : Design data lifecycles for AI use cases—ingestion, embedding, RAG, and model-centric data plumbing—and convert unstructured signals (transcripts, documents, emails) into AI-ready assets.
• Model observability & lineage. Implement monitoring, lineage, and auditability so we can trace what data influenced an analytic or AI output and detect data quality regressions.
• Governance & cross-team enablement. Partner with Data Engineering, RevOps, Product, and other stakeholders to set modeling standards, manage dbt access and ownership boundaries, and enable “self-service” analytics across the company.
• Engineering best practices. Apply software engineering principles to the data stack: dbt or similar transformation frameworks, Git, CI/CD, environments (dev/stage/prod), testing, and code review.
• Mentorship & standards. Help grow the team by setting modeling standards, reviewing peer work, and mentoring junior modelers/analysts.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in data architecture, data modeling, analytics engineering, or a related role building production data models and semantic layers.
• SQL expert. Able to write efficient, maintainable SQL for complex transformations and to optimize performance in a cloud warehouse.
• Hands-on experience with dbt (or equivalent) and Git/CICD for data transformations and model deployment.
• Proven track record designing metrics/semantic layers and ensuring a “single source of truth” for business definitions.
• Experience with observability & lineage tooling, or designing data quality and audit processes for analytic/ML outputs.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills; comfortable translating ambiguous business questions into reliable data artifacts and enabling non-technical consumers.

Benefits

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance
• Hybrid 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.
• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
• $2000 annual counseling benefit
• RRSP matching and RESP contribution
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years