At Classiq Technologies, we’re shaping the future of quantum computing. Our mission is to make quantum computing practical and impactful by bridging the gap between hardware and real-world applications. Our platform enables developers and enterprises to design, optimize, and deploy quantum algorithms at scale, automating complex processes and supporting teams across diverse architectures.
Trusted by Fortune 500 leaders and global governments, Classiq accelerates the quantum era by transforming bold quantum ideas into working applications.
You will join Classiq as our sole Legal Counsel, reporting directly to the CFO. This is a unique opportunity to build, scale, and lead the company’s legal domain in a fast-paced, global SaaS environment.
The role combines hands-on commercial work with strategic leadership. You will act as a trusted advisor across the organization, partnering closely with executive leadership, Sales, Product, R&D, Finance, Marketing, and HR to balance legal risk with business objectives. We are looking for a proactive, highly autonomous lawyer who thrives in dynamic environments and takes true ownership.
What You'll Do
- Commercial Transactions: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of global commercial agreements (SaaS, vendor, reseller, referral, partnership, consulting, and NDAs), with a strong focus on enterprise clients in the Global market.
- Product & Engineering Counseling: Partner with Product and R&D teams on feature development, intellectual property, AI-related matters, and emerging regulatory considerations.
- Outside Counsel Management: Serve as the primary point of contact and quarterback for the company’s global network of outside counsel, coordinating specialized legal support across employment, intellectual property, privacy, GDPR, CCPA, DPA, tax, corporate, regulatory, litigation, and other jurisdiction-specific matters.
- Legal Infrastructure: Build, improve, and scale internal legal processes, templates, playbooks, and compliance policies to support rapid organizational growth.
- Corporate & Employment: Support corporate legal matters and provide guidance on employment-related documentation and issues.
- Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify legal risks across all departments and develop practical, solution-oriented mitigation strategies aligned with business goals.
Who You Are
- Education & Credentials: LL.B. or equivalent law degree from a top-tier university, with active bar admission in Israel, the U.S., or the EU.
- Experience: 5+ years of post-qualification experience, combining time at a leading law firm and/or as an in-house counsel within a technology company.
- SaaS Domain Expertise: Proven experience in SaaS software environments, with a strong track record of negotiating complex technology commercial agreements and DPAs.
- Global Exposure: Significant experience working with international customers, partners, and legal/regulatory frameworks.
- Mindset & Execution: Strong business judgment with an ability to provide practical, solution-oriented advice. Highly independent, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a startup environment.
- Communication: Native-level English and Hebrew proficiency with outstanding written and verbal communication skills (additional languages a plus).
Bonus Points
- Experience with emerging technology legal frameworks.
- Prior experience acting as a sole legal counsel or working in a highly autonomous legal role within a startup.
- Background in corporate governance and employment law.
Skills Required
- LL.B. or equivalent law degree from a top-tier university
- Active bar admission in Israel, the U.S., or the EU
- 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience
- Experience in SaaS environments and negotiating technology agreements
- Native-level English and Hebrew proficiency
What We Do
Welcome to Classiq - Leading Quantum Computing Software Inspired by traditional semiconductor design automation, Classiq combines deep quantum expertise with novel implementation of classical computing software automation. This combination of deep technologies is designed to transform the quantum software stack, today and in the future. With an IDE, SDK, Compiler and OS for quantum computing, Classiq is positioned at the intersection of quantum physics and computer science. Classiq’s transformative offering is being woven into the fabric of the quantum computing ecosystem: QUANTUM DEVELOPERS: As quantum computers get more powerful gate-level manual coding becomes impractical, and at times impossible. Classiq’s unique technology changes that. Classiq’s high-level quantum development environment offers functional libraries and deploys advanced heuristics and algorithms to synthesize quantum circuits automatically. Experts and beginners alike are now able to implement advanced scalable quantum circuits that are automatically optimized for a specific quantum machine, as well as easy benchmarking. Execution on quantum machines and simulators is built-in. QUANTUM COMPUTER PROVIDERS: Classiq’s software can be deployed as a dedicated front-end operating system offering customers best-in-class features maximizing customer insights and productivity. QUANTUM CLOUDS: Classiq’s hardware agnostic development software enables programs in all leading quantum programming languages providing broad access to and driving adoption of cloud platforms. HPC & ADVANCED COMPUTATION: Classiq’s scalable automation and classical computing underpinning make it a natural partner for today’s supercomputing providers seeking to integrate seamlessly with quantum computing. Classiq is collaborating with the world’s leading supercomputing providers to build seamless architectures to combine the best of both classical and quantum computing.
