Overview
This role involves providing proactive, practical, and solution-oriented legal advice to support an organization's open-source mission and commercial objectives. As the second lawyer on the legal team, you will help build a modern, tech-forward legal function. The position covers a range of legal matters including software licensing, SaaS agreements, data privacy, AI, and security.
Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, and close various commercial contracts such as software licenses, SaaS agreements, NDAs, and statements of work.
- Experiment with and implement AI-enabled tools to automate routine legal tasks and improve contract lifecycle management.
- Serve as the primary legal contact for the sales organization to ensure efficient and responsible deal closures.
- Assist with corporate governance, internal policy development, and Board of Directors matters, including preparing meeting materials and maintaining corporate records.
- Collaborate with People Operations on a variety of US and international employment matters.
- Independently manage the commercial contract queue and lead negotiations.
- Identify opportunities to improve legal templates, processes, and AI workflows.
- Develop strong cross-functional relationships with leaders and team members in Sales, Customer Success, People Operations, Product, Engineering, and Finance.
- Support department strategy by helping set the direction for the legal function and fostering a culture of psychological safety, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Create scalable legal processes to support global growth.
- Align legal strategies with product and business planning through communication with other teams.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent degree and membership in good standing of a state bar.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience, preferably with in-house legal or law firm background.
- Proven expertise drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts, including software, SaaS, and professional services agreements.
- Experience with or strong interest in AI solutions applied to products and legal processes.
- Business partner mindset with experience in cross-functional collaboration focused on customer experience and company growth.
- Adaptable and entrepreneurial, comfortable building processes in a small, growing team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Enthusiasm for AI and its integration into legal workflows.
- Experience working in technology or software-related legal roles.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $146,000 to $192,720 USD (base salary, assuming work performed in the United States).
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for employees and their families, including fertility and gender-affirming healthcare.
- Supplemental mental health and wellness benefits available, including support for teen family members.
- Gender-neutral paid parental leave policy covering all new parents, including foster and adoptive parents.
- Eligibility for 401(k) enrollment starting on day one, with a substantial yearly match after six months.
- Annual profit-sharing bonus recognizing team contributions.
- Fully remote work environment with optional access to a Boston office.
- $400 monthly reimbursement for coworking space rental.
- Lifestyle Savings Account with an initial deposit of $1,800 and quarterly stipends of $375 for professional development, wellness, financial health, charitable giving, and remote work support.
- Flexible work environment with a generous vacation policy encouraging a minimum of four weeks PTO per year plus 15 paid company holidays.
Location
- This is a 100% distributed (remote) position with an option to work from the Boston office.
Equal Opportunity
The organization is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of unemployment.
Additional Information
- Participation in the federal E-Verify program is required for newly hired U.S.-based employees to confirm employment authorization. E-Verify is not used for pre-screening candidates and is only initiated upon hire.