Legal Counsel

The role

You will support enterprise deals and help build privacy, AI governance, and compliance programs. You will advise on commercial contracts, privacy, AI, employment, and corporate matters for a hardware-enabled SaaS business.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise agreements, including MSAs, TOS, DPAs, AI Addenda, and Reseller Agreements.
• Act as the first point of contact for Sales on routine contract questions and customer redlines.
• Apply contract standards and escalate deviations outside approved thresholds.
• Update and maintain contract templates in the contract management system.
• Support compliance with Canadian, US, and EU privacy laws.
• Run the privacy program, including policies, procedures, and compliance reviews.
• Help run the AI governance framework.
• Track new privacy and AI laws and determine their effect on products.
• Support privacy incident response and answer customer and regulator inquiries.
• Answer employment questions under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act and other laws.

Required qualifications

• JD from an accredited Canadian law school.
• Member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario.
• 3-7 years of post-call experience at a law firm, in-house, or both.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, ideally SaaS or technology contracts.
• Working knowledge of privacy law.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Clear, concise writing.
• Sound judgment about when to make a call and when to escalate.
• Ability to manage several urgent matters at once without losing quality.
• A builder’s mindset.
• Based in the Toronto or Ottawa/National Capital regions

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a SaaS or technology company, ideally one with both hardware and software products.
• Law firm experience.
• Experience with US and EU privacy laws (CCPA, GDPR), biometrics, or AI regulation (EU AI Act).
• Ontario employment law experience.
• Experience with Ironclad or another contract management system.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• Fully paid health & dental (no waiting period)
• $500 health spending account
• Monthly reimbursement for fitness, wellness, or mental health programs

Before you apply

• Candidates must undergo a criminal records check upon hire.
• Be a Canadian Citizen (dual citizens included), or eligible to work in Canada.
• Be willing to comply with Solink’s own security policies and standards.

About the company

Solink provides businesses with tools to transform video security into real-time operational insights through a cloud-based platform. The company is trusted by over 36,000 locations across 60+ countries.