n8n

Senior Legal Counsel, EMEA

n8n

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Drive commercial contracting
  • Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements including SaaS (cloud and on-prem), DPA, channel, partnership, and vendor contracts
  • Partner closely with the sales and revenue teams to drive deals to close
  • Deliver creative, risk-based solutions that unlock revenue and protect the business
  • Provide pragmatic legal advice on GDPR, international data transfers, CCPA, and other global privacy frameworks
  • Advise cross-functional teams on the legal implications of AI in product development and go-to-market strategy
  • Help set a scalable, forward-looking approach to AI and privacy governance
  • Work with stakeholders across the company to solve legal questions in real-time with a builder mindset
  • Improve and maintain scalable legal templates, playbooks, and training materials
  • Help design and implement a self-serve legal portal and processes to support a fast-scaling global team

Requirements

  • ⚖️ **Qualified lawyer (Europe-based):** You're a qualified legal professional with 5+ years PQE, ideally with both top-tier law firm and in-house SaaS experience
  • 💬 **Strong English fluency:** You can clearly communicate legal nuance in plain terms to global stakeholders
  • 📄 **Commercial contracts expert:** You have deep experience in SaaS agreements, open-source licensing, and commercial deal-making
  • 🤖 **AI- and privacy-savvy:** You’re confident navigating GDPR, CCPA, and emerging AI regulations in a practical, business-centric way
  • 🛠️ **Builder mindset:** You thrive in ambiguity, enjoy solving problems without a playbook, and constantly look for ways to improve how legal works
  • 🌍 **Cross-functional collaborator:** You're empathetic, business-minded, and able to balance legal risk with product and revenue goals
  • 🧠 **Curiosity for tech and automation:** You're excited to experiment with legal tech, AI tools, and scalable internal systems
  • 🧩 **Experience with open-source models:** Familiarity with fair-code or open-core licensing approaches
  • 🏃 **Startup pace experience:** You’ve worked in fast-scaling environments where priorities shift quickly and your impact is immediate.
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation 💸 – We offer fair and attractive pay.
  • Ownership 💪 – Our core value is to “empower others,” and we mean it—you’ll get a slice of n8n with equity.
  • Work/life balance 🏖️ – We work hard but ensure you have time to recharge:
  • Europe: 30 days of vacation, plus public holidays wherever you are.
  • US: 15 vacation days, 8 sick days, plus public holidays wherever you are.
  • Health & wellness 🩺 –
  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
  • US: Multiple low-premium, low-deductible medical plans with coverage for individuals and families—plus a no-cost premium HDHP option with a pre-seeded HSA—along with dental and vision coverage.
  • Future planning 💰 –
  • Europe: We provide pension contributions according to local country norms.*
  • US: 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
  • Financial security 🛡️ –
  • Europe: We provide benefits according to local country norms.*
  • US: Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life insurance to support you and your loved ones.
  • Career growth 📈 – We hire rising stars who grow with us! You’ll get €1K (or equivalent) per year to spend on courses, books, events, or coaching to level up your skills.
  • A passionate team 🤩 – We love our product, and we prove it with regular hackathons where we see who can build the coolest thing with it!
  • Remote-first 🌏 – Our team works remotely across Europe, with regular off-sites for team bonding. Some roles, like sales in the US, are hybrid—please check the job description.
  • Giving back 🤝 – We're big fans of open source, and you'll get $100 per month to support projects you care about.
  • AI enablement 🤖 – We believe in working smarter—everyone gets an unlimited AI budget to explore and use the best tools to boost productivity and creativity.
  • Transparency 🙏 – We all know what everyone’s working on, how the company is doing—the whole shebang.
  • An ambitious but kind culture 😍 – People love working here—our eNPS for 2024 is 94!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
commercial contractingSaaS agreementsopen-source licensingGDPRCCPAAI regulationslegal templateslegal playbookslegal advicecontract negotiation
Soft skills
strong English fluencycross-functional collaborationbuilder mindsetproblem-solvingcuriosity for tech and automationempathybusiness-mindedcommunicationadaptabilitycreativity
Certifications
qualified lawyer5+ years PQE