Product Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Provide legal advice to Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams regarding legal matters throughout the product development process.

• Evaluate and analyze new products, features, and initiatives, offering prompt, business-focused legal insights that balance risk management with innovation and execution speed.

• Advise teams on matters related to intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory issues impacting company products.

• Create scalable legal guidance, policies, playbooks, and training resources that enable teams to make well-informed decisions.

• Collaborate with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal teams to tackle cross-functional legal challenges and ensure alignment.

• Stay updated on emerging legal, regulatory, and industry changes and convert them into actionable guidance.

• Perform additional related duties and responsibilities as required or assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar association.

• 4-7 years of pertinent legal experience advising SaaS companies.

• Provide high-quality legal analysis, demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, and execute across a diverse range of product counseling issues.

• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) with the ability to effectively articulate and defend risk assessments and convey complex concepts clearly to technical, business, legal, and executive stakeholders.

• Function effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced settings while managing competing priorities and business goals to achieve results.

• Innovative mindset with the capacity to identify solutions in situations where others see obstacles.

• Experience advising software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, and developer tools companies on open-source software licensing, compliance, and governance is a plus.

• Familiarity with AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to improve legal workflow efficiency.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer-sponsored medical insurance.

• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), in addition to paid sick leave, inclusive parental leave, holidays, and volunteer days off.

• RSU stock grants*

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Company-hosted virtual happy hours, complimentary meals, and enjoyable team-building events.

• Monthly stipend for cell phone expenses.

• Access to an innovative mental health support platform offering personalized care and resources in areas such as therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their dependents.