IP/Product Counsel

Responsibilities

• Own and grow Chainguard's international IP portfolio.
• Lead IP enforcement efforts, including cease-and-desist actions involving customers or competitors who violate licensing terms.
• Serve as a legal resource for open source licensing questions from engineering.
• Advise product teams on licensing, IP, and terms of service considerations across concurrent product and feature launches.
• Draft and review product terms and terms of service for new launches.
• Advise on licensing considerations in partner and joint development agreements.
• Partner with product and engineering teams early in development to identify and address legal considerations before launch.
• Build scalable IP processes, templates, and resources as the function grows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal experience with a strong foundation in intellectual property law, including trademark and copyright.
• Strong knowledge of open source licensing, including permissive and copyleft licenses such as MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD, GPL, LGPL, and MPL, as well as dual licensing.
• Comfort working proactively to build and protect company IP and reactively when enforcement is required.

Nice-to-Haves

• Patent experience.
• Experience advising on product launches, product roadmaps, product terms, or terms of service.
• Experience with technology transactions.
• Strong IP experience may offset lighter product counsel experience.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $200,000–$225,000 USD.
• Remote-first culture with team meetups, destination summits, and a monthly coworking, phone, and internet stipend.
• Stock options upon hire and promotion, with participation in secondary offerings and a 10-year exercise period.
• 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.
• Flexible time off.
• Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.