Head of Legal

You will build and lead the legal function, partnering with founders and stakeholders across engineering, product, and go-to-market. You will negotiate commercial agreements, advise on product and privacy matters, establish legal processes, monitor relevant regulations, manage outside counsel, and provide practical guidance on corporate, employment, governance, and intellectual-property matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer and partner negotiations for enterprise agreements, API distribution and reseller arrangements, data processing agreements, and vendor contracts
• Build contract templates and negotiation playbooks
• Counsel technical teams on product design, data use, retention, international processing, and security commitments
• Translate legal requirements into implementable decisions and policies
• Identify laws, regulatory developments, and industry practices affecting products and business
• Establish contract intake, approval, signing, and management processes
• Build legal guidance and self-service tools for routine matters
• Manage employment, corporate, governance, intellectual property, and other legal matters
• Choose and manage outside counsel, priorities, and budgets
• Provide recommendations on legal exposure, commercial stakes, and practical alternatives

Requirements

• At least 10–15 years of relevant legal experience
• Meaningful in-house experience at a growing technology company
• Strong legal training, ideally including experience at a leading law firm
• Commercial contracting experience
• Ability to independently counsel on product and privacy matters
• Experience scaling legal operations and building appropriate processes
• Admission to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction
• Eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in California

Benefits

• Equity
• 100% covered health insurance
• Daily lunch and dinner
• Visa sponsorship
• 401(k) plans