Senior Legal Counsel

LocalStack

Senior Legal Counsel at LocalStack building legal infrastructure for a cloud development platform. Responsible for contract review, legal intake processes, and playbook creation.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 $224,000 - $325,000 per yearWebsite

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Hard Skills

contract reviewB2B SaaS contractingnegotiating customer paperSaaS MSAsDPAsSLAsGDPRdata processingIP ownershipcontract lifecycle management

Soft Skills

commercial judgmentability to escalatecollaboration with Salescollaboration with Financecollaboration with RevOpscollaboration with Securitycollaboration with Productadaptability in fast-moving environmentsproblem-solvingdecision-making

Tools & Technologies

AWS Marketplacecloud marketplacescontract playbooksapproval matricesself-serve toolslegal infrastructureDevOpscybersecurityquote-to-contract toolinglegal ops support

Industry Keywords

enterprise softwareprocurement termssecurity obligationssubprocessor conceptspublic sectorhighly regulated customerscorporate governanceemployment lawfundraisingEU legislation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

First-line contract review (NDAs, MSAs, DPAs, Order Forms, security addenda, reseller/distributor terms, procurement redlines) is fully owned and no longer dependent on external counsel for standard commercial matters within 90 days.
A working legal intake and prioritisation process — with clear approval thresholds by ARR and risk level — is operational across Sales, Finance, RevOps, and Security within 90 days.
A practical contract playbook with clause library, fallback positions, and hard-no positions is built and adopted by Sales and CS within 6 months, measurably reducing deal cycle friction.
Enterprise deal cycle predictability improves: legal is no longer a bottleneck on standard and mid-complexity enterprise deals by month 6.
Commercial legal infrastructure (templates, self-serve tools, approval matrix, redline standards) is built to Series B/C maturity standards by month 12, with a clear recommendation on whether additional legal ops or contract manager support is needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–8+ years PQE, ideally with a mix of law firm and in-house SaaS experience
Strong B2B SaaS / enterprise software contracting experience.
Experience negotiating customer paper, not only company paper.
Strong understanding of SaaS MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, security addenda, procurement terms, marketplace / reseller / partner contracts.
Comfortable with US and international (mainly European) customers.
Practical understanding of GDPR, privacy, data processing, security obligations, and subprocessor concepts.
Strong commercial judgment: knows when to push, when to accept, and when to escalate.
Ability to work directly with Sales, Finance, RevOps, Security, Product, and leadership.
Comfortable in a fast-moving startup / scale-up environment without perfect processes.
Experience creating templates, playbooks, approval matrices, and self-serve processes before.
IP and product-use restrictions — ability to identify and negotiate clauses covering IP ownership, benchmarking, AI/ML restrictions, non-production vs. production use, and product development restrictions specific to developer tooling.
Developer tools, infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity, or technical SaaS background. (preferred)
Experience with AWS Marketplace / cloud marketplaces. (preferred)
Experience with public sector / highly regulated customers. (preferred)
Experience building legal playbooks from scratch. (preferred)
Experience implementing CLM or quote-to-contract tooling. (preferred)
Familiarity operating under US and EU legislation. (preferred)
Exposure to equity, corporate governance, employment, and fundraising. (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote
Competitive salary
Annual company retreat
2 extra company-wide holidays
Friendly and inclusive workplace culture (community guilds and online company events)