Senior Legal Counsel, Product

The role

You will provide legal support throughout the product development lifecycle by partnering with Engineering, Product, and Design teams. You will also build scalable processes and provide occasional support for commercial transactions.

What you will do

• Partner with EPD teams on new product initiatives
• Identify and resolve issues across privacy, data security, AI, platform safety, marketing, competition, and intellectual property
• Translate evolving laws and market expectations into practical, actionable guidance
• Build scalable processes and templates
• Support sales, partnerships, procurement, and M&A on transactions

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of legal experience
• 4+ years of product counseling at a software company
• Admitted to the California Bar, or eligible for the Registered In-House Counsel exception, and in good standing
• Counseled product and engineering teams from conception through launch on legal and regulatory issues
• Working knowledge of cloud services, SaaS/PaaS/IaaS business practices, and the global regulations that apply to them
• Independently negotiated technology agreements with customers, partners, and vendors
• Built or improved legal processes at a high-growth company

Nice to have

• Have a computer science degree or a background in web software engineering
• Have worked on open source or platform safety matters
• Have used Vercel's products

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity
• Inclusive Healthcare Package
• Mentorship and events to help build network and skills
• Flexible Time Off
• Gear for the role
• WFH budget

About the company

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. They help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.