Senior Legal Counsel

  • Location
    Mountain View, California
  • Contract Type
    Permanent
  • Posted
  • Start Date
    2025-10-31
  • Salary
    $190000 - $215000 per annum
  • Expiry Date
    2025-10-31

We’re partnered with a startup in the bay area looking to add a senior legal counsel to their team. The role is ideal for someone with technical expertise and intellectual property experience who can provide strategic, business-oriented legal guidance across technology, IP, and commercial matters. This is a high-visibility position that reports into their CLO.

Responsibilities include the following (to name a few):

  • Serve as a key legal partner to the engineering team, providing proactive guidance on IP, data rights, technology licensing, and regulatory/commercial considerations.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate technology-related agreements, including software, vendor, and partnership contracts.
  • Advise on intellectual property strategy, licensing, and protection of proprietary technology.
  • Collaborate with product and operations teams on risk mitigation and product development considerations.
  • Support corporate governance, commercial transactions, employment, and other general legal matters as needed.

They are ideally looking for someone to come into their Mountain View office a few days weekly. They are open to seeing candidates who are willing to relocate.

Plus

  • Engineering background or degree (electrical, software, robotics, etc.)
  • Privacy experience
  • AI experience

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