Senior Product Counsel

Summary

Join Stack Overflow as a Senior Product Counsel and work with product and engineering teams. You will advise on legal compliance, draft legal documents, manage internal projects, and stay updated on relevant laws. This role requires 6+ years of relevant experience, a JD from a top law school, and bar admission. Experience with SaaS and community platforms, as well as contract negotiation, is essential. In return, you'll receive a competitive salary, generous paid time off, parental leave, equity, excellent health benefits, life insurance, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 6+ years relevant experience with a JD from a top law school; admitted to the Bar
• Experience with SaaS and community platforms
• Experience negotiating and drafting licensing agreements, including API agreements
• Strong legal research skills and comfort tackling new and developing areas of law in the US and internationally
• Superior organizational skills and attention to detail
• Enthusiasm and passion for technology, law, and business
• Eagerness and drive to continue learning
• Sense of humor

Responsibilities

• Advise multiple stakeholders across product, engineering, and business development throughout the product development cycle (from the initial stages of product development, through launch, to market strategy) on a broad range of best practices and compliance issues regarding Stack Overflow’s platform and ads products
• Understand and stay up to date on U.S. and international laws and regulations related to platforms and software and an ability to explain complex legal issues in basic terms for the company
• Provide pragmatic day to day and strategic advice to minimize legal risks while advancing business goals and initiatives
• Ability to draft clear and concise public facing disclosures, disclaimers, terms of use or other public facing documents for our customers
• Manage internal projects, training, processes, and drive cross-functional efforts to successful completion

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary
• Generous paid vacation
• Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
• Equity for all employees at all levels
• Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Home Internet stipend
• Professional allocation for your growth and development
• One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
• Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive