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Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success.
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We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.
At Stack Overflow, our mission is to serve developers. Whether we’re helping developers get answers to their questions or find new jobs, we build products that make millions of developers’ lives better every day. Our goal is to create a community and a company where every developer feels welcome to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
As Senior Product Counsel, you’ll get to work with a variety of teams including the Product and Engineering teams. You will need extensive experience working with and counseling product teams, excellent judgment in balancing legal risks with business strategy, a proven ability to learn new areas of law at a rapid pace, and be able to function independently in a demanding environment. You will use your drive and experience to make a big impact on the business.
If you’re passionate about the law and business and love a challenging, team-focused, fast-moving environment, then this is the place for you.
What you’ll do:
- Advise multiple stakeholders across product, engineering, and business development throughout the product development cycle (from the initial stages of product development, through launch, to market strategy) on a broad range of best practices and compliance issues regarding Stack Overflow’s platform and ads products.
- Understand and stay up to date on U.S. and international laws and regulations related to platforms and software and an ability to explain complex legal issues in basic terms for the company.
- Provide pragmatic day to day and strategic advice to minimize legal risks while advancing business goals and initiatives.
- Ability to draft clear and concise public facing disclosures, disclaimers, terms of use or other public facing documents for our customers.
- Manage internal projects, training, processes, and drive cross-functional efforts to successful completion.
What we're looking for:
- 6+ years relevant experience with a JD from a top law school; admitted to the Bar
- Experience with SaaS and community platforms
- Experience negotiating and drafting licensing agreements, including API agreements
- Strong legal research skills and comfort tackling new and developing areas of law in the US and internationally
- Superior organizational skills and attention to detail
- Enthusiasm and passion for technology, law, and business
- Eagerness and drive to continue learning
- Sense of humor
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive Base Salary
- Generous paid vacation
- Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
- Equity for all employees at all levels
- Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Home Internet stipend
- Professional allocation for your growth and development
- One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
- Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive
Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
What We Do
Stack Overflow is empowering the world to build for the future. More than 100 million people come to Stack Overflow every month making it one of the most-visited websites in the world. It’s best known for its public platform, which has attracted over 14 million users and helped developers and technologists over 50 billion times since its founding in 2008.
Stack Overflow’s Reach & Relevance products include employer branding, content, and advertising, which help technology brands reach developers with content relevant to them. In 2017, Stack Overflow launched a private version of the public Q&A platform so enterprises can capture institutional knowledge, collaborate asynchronously, and boost efficiency across teams. Today, over 10,000 customers partner with Stack Overflow, including Bloomberg, Microsoft, Instacart, Chevron, Expensify, and eBay.
Why Work With Us
Every person we hire makes Stack Overflow an even better place to work. We foster an open and diverse work culture where everyone works together. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere and welcome anyone to champion ideas. We support a culture that’s open to trying new things and is constantly trying to learn from the things we build.
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