Senior Legal Counsel - Product

About the Role:

As a Senior Product Counsel, you'll enable Vercel's product innovation and shipping velocity. You'll partner with Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD), Security, and other cross-functional teams to provide legal support throughout the product development lifecycle, and you'll build the processes and programs that let the Legal team scale. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on product counseling, with occasional support for commercial transactions. This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, in the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with EPD teams on new product initiatives, balancing speed with responsible risk management and customer trust
• Identify and resolve issues across privacy, data security, AI, platform safety, marketing, competition, and intellectual property
• Translate evolving laws and market expectations into practical, actionable guidance
• Build scalable processes and templates that help Vercel ship faster over time
• Support sales, partnerships, procurement, and M&A on transactions where product knowledge is critical

About You:

• 8+ years of legal experience, including 4+ years of product counseling at a software company
• Admitted to the California Bar, or eligible for the Registered In-House Counsel exception, and in good standing
• Counseled product and engineering teams from conception through launch on legal and regulatory issues
• Working knowledge of cloud services, SaaS/PaaS/IaaS business practices, and the global regulations that apply to them
• Independently negotiated technology agreements with customers, partners, and vendors
• Built or improved legal processes at a high-growth company

Bonus If You Have:

• Have a computer science degree or a background in web software engineering
• Have worked on open source or platform safety matters
• Have used Vercel's products

Benefits & Compensation:

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
• Flexible Time Off.
• We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $270,000-$300,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.