Tech Legal Counsel

Overview

Remote in Europe (ideally Zurich or London). Reports to the CEO.

This role owns customer contracting end to end—drafting, negotiating, and closing—and builds the legal frameworks that enable go-to-market. Data protection, privacy, and AI compliance are central to the work.

Responsibilities

• Own customer contracts end to end, including:
  • NDAs, pilot and production agreements, renewals
  • Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and GDPR/SLA-style terms as applicable
  • GTCs and R&D agreements
  • Group agreements and partnerships with marketplaces across Europe, the US, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
• Draft, negotiate, and close agreements with enterprise counsel and customers.
• Build and maintain legal frameworks used by the go-to-market team:
  • Contract templates and standard positions
  • Fallback positions and a negotiation playbook
  • A register of commitments and renewal dates so Sales can close standard deals without escalation
• Ensure data and model terms accurately reflect actual product flows:
  • What data is processed
  • What the organization learns
  • What is kept
  • What the customer owns
• Lead data protection and AI compliance efforts, covering:
  • GDPR
  • the Swiss FADP
  • the EU AI Act
  • US state privacy law
  • international transfers
• Run security and compliance reviews with enterprise customers alongside Engineering, including:
  • vendor due-diligence pack
  • DPIAs and transfer assessments
  • SOC 2
  • customer questionnaires
• Serve as a business partner to the CEO, Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering:
  • participate in deal discussions to ensure contracts reflect how the technology works
  • keep agreements short and readable for business stakeholders
• Handle additional legal needs as they arise, including:
  • corporate and investor documentation for the next funding round
  • employment across 10+ countries
  • intellectual property
  • judgment on when outside counsel is needed

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 6 years of experience in:
  • M&A, venture, or technology at a top-tier firm, followed by
  • in-house experience at a technology company (ideally as its first lawyer)
• Experience negotiating and closing technology contracts across the table from enterprise counsel, including:
  • licensing, API, and SaaS agreements
  • data processing agreements
  • partnerships
• Strong preference for simple, clear contracting:
  • write agreements people actually read
  • cut what does not matter
• Ability to translate technology into contract terms:
  • interpret API specifications and data flows
  • specify what is processed, learned, owned, and promised on performance
• Data protection expertise:
  • GDPR in a data-heavy product context
  • international transfers
  • understanding of what the EU AI Act will require
  • Swiss law governs contracts
• Demonstrated ownership and decision-making:
  • take the pen, choose which risks matter, and explain the rest in plain language
  • know when outside counsel is worth the cost
• Cross-border contracting experience:
  • working with US counterparties and/or US-law contracts
  • drafting and negotiating in English at native level
• Eligible to work in Europe.
• The role is expected to be an in-house legal function (not inheriting an existing function).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience shaping contracting processes and “first lawyer” legal frameworks at a growing technology business.

Compensation & Benefits

• Europe-based: €100k–€120k gross salary.
• Full remote flexibility across Europe.

Location

Remote in Europe (ideally Zurich or London). Reports to the CEO.