Chainguard

Chainguard

Senior Counsel, Commercial

United States - Remote · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$225kDetected 15 days ago
Cloud PlatformsSparkAgentic AICybersecurityCanvaCommunication

About the role

  • This is a highly visible, customer-facing role at the center of the business, enabling revenue growth while protecting the company.
  • The ideal candidate is a strong commercial attorney with significant drafting experience who thrives in the energy and intensity of a high-growth company.
  • You are proactive, business-minded, and comfortable operating in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a primary legal partner to the Go-To-Market team, supporting customer transactions from initial structuring through execution
  • Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements, enterprise customer agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, and partner/channel agreements
  • Draft and maintain standard form agreements and online terms (e.g., platform terms, universal license agreements, order forms)
  • Partner closely with Product, Product Legal, Security, and other cross-functional teams to align legal guidance with business and technical objectives
  • Support partnership initiatives as needed and contribute to scalable contracting processes as the company grows
  • By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
  • Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
  • We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of commercial legal experience, ideally combining law firm and in-house technology company experience
  • Demonstrated ability to draft standard form agreements and online terms from the ground up - not solely negotiating third-party paper
  • Working knowledge of open source licensing and compliance considerations
  • Sound business judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives
  • Comfort managing multiple complex matters in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Nice to have

  • Experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or related technology sectors strongly preferred

Compensation

  • $200,000 - $225,000 USD

Benefits

  • Negotiate directly with sophisticated customer counsel, including those at financial services, insurance, healthcare, and pharmaceutical organizations

Company info

  • We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
  • We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
  • We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
  • We trust each other and assume good intentions - We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
  • We live and breathe our company values:
  • A few of the benefits we offer:
  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
  • ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need - to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave:
  • Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • We are seeking a Senior Counsel to serve as a key legal partner to our Go-To-Market organization.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
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