About the Role
We are seeking a business-minded attorney to join our Legal team as Product Counsel. This role will provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice throughout the product-development lifecycle, partnering with Product, Engineering, Privacy, and GTM functions to support innovation, manage risk, and enable future data and analytics solutions. Success requires strong legal judgment, business acumen, independence in a fast-paced technical environment, and the ability to translate complex legal issues into actionable guidance.
Responsibilities
- Advise Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Review and assess new products, features, and initiatives, providing timely, business-oriented legal guidance that balances risk management with innovation and execution speed.
- Counsel teams on intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory considerations affecting company products.
- Develop scalable legal guidance, policies, playbooks, and training materials that empower teams to make informed decisions.
- Partner with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal colleagues to address cross-functional legal issues and drive alignment.
- Monitor emerging legal, regulatory, and industry developments and translate them into actionable guidance.
- Perform other related duties and tasks as necessary or as assigned.
Requirements
- J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 4-7 years of relevant legal experience counseling SaaS companies.
- Deliver high-quality legal analysis, attention to detail, and execution across a broad range of product counseling matters.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to clearly articulate and defend risk analysis and communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to technical, business, legal, and executive audiences.
- Operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while balancing competing priorities and business objectives to drive results.
- Creative mindset and an ability to find solutions where others see barriers.
- Experience advising software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools companies regarding open-source software licensing, compliance, and governance a bonus.
- Experience using AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to enhance legal workflow efficiency.
Skills
- Product Counsel
- Legal Judgment
- Business Acumen
- Intellectual Property
- Software Licensing
- Privacy Law
- AI Law
- Security Law
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Management
- SaaS
- Open-Source Software Licensing
- AI Tools
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
Experience Level
- 4-7 years
Education Level
- J.D.
Salary/Compensations
- $190,308—$237,884.50 USD
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
About the Company
- Fivetran's mission is to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity.
- Fivetran and dbt Labs are combining to create a leading data infrastructure company.
- Together, they deliver the data infrastructure layer for moving, transforming, and trusting data.
- Fivetran automates data movement across systems, clouds, engines, and tools.
- dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights.
- The combined company supports thousands of organizations in building a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and business decisions.
- The company has a scale, talent, and technology to help organizations leverage data with speed, confidence, and impact.
- Fivetran values diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging.
- Core values: Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process.
- If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please submit your request by filling out this form.
- Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy.
