# Senior Product Counsel

**Company:** [Clickhouse](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clickhouse)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $250k – $275k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Ai/Ml Legal Issues, Data Privacy (Gdpr, Ccpa), Open-Source Licensing, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Licensing Agreements, Product Legal Terms And Policies, Trademark And Brand Protection, Privacy-By-Design Practices
**Posted:** 2026-05-28

> Founding Product Counsel advising ClickHouse's product, engineering, and design teams on AI/ML, privacy, IP, and open-source legal issues across the full product lifecycle. Requires 4-8 years experience, Top 30 law school or Big Law background, and current product counsel experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as a legal partner to product, engineering, and design organizations across the full product development lifecycle
- Advise on legal issues from new and evolving product features, with focus on AI/ML (training data, model outputs, IP ownership, regulatory frameworks), data privacy, intellectual property, and open-source software
- Advise on, draft, and review technology licensing and integration partnership agreements with strategic product and ecosystem partners
- Advise on open-source licensing strategy and compliance
- Draft, review, and maintain product-specific legal terms, policies, and documentation
- Support legal integration work arising from acquisitions, including diligence of acquired product IP, policy alignment, and creation of new or modified legal terms
- Advise on trademark and brand protection matters, including monitoring for potential infringement, responding to third-party claims, and counseling on product naming and go-to-market materials
- Partner with Governance, Risk, and Compliance team to build privacy-by-design practices and ensure compliance with global data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA)
- Partner with Security and Privacy teams on incident response, advising on notification obligations, regulatory reporting requirements, and customer communications
- Monitor and advise on relevant regulatory, compliance, and legal developments impacting the product, including AI, privacy, and export compliance
- Help develop scalable legal workflows that support rapid product iteration and growth

## Requirements
- Law degree and member in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar
- Law degree from a highly ranked law school (e.g., Top 30) and/or experience at a top-tier law firm in the technology space
- 4-8 years of experience, preferably with a mix of Big Law and in-house at a technology company
- Currently in a product counsel role, or a role with significant product counsel responsibility (e.g., product/commercial or product/privacy hybrid)
- Strong command of core product legal disciplines: AI/ML issues, privacy (GDPR, CCPA), open-source licensing, and IP
- Excellent judgment and business orientation — able to translate complex legal risk into practical product advice
- Strong communicator and collaborator, comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-growth environment

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience at a SaaS company, particularly in databases, data infrastructure, or data platforms
- Hands-on experience advising on product-related AI regulatory compliance (EU AI Act, state AI legislation) or training data governance

## Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $250,000–$275,000 USD (higher in SF Bay Area and NYC Metro Area)
- Equity in the company — stock options for all new team members
- Employer contributions towards healthcare
- Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
- $500 home office setup stipend for remote employees
- Global Gatherings – opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites

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