Associate Commercial Legal Counsel

Posted on 5/17/2023

Locations

Denver, CO, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Requirements

Attorney with 2+ years of relevant experience with a law firm and/or in-house within the tech sector
Understanding of cloud services, technology and professional services contracts
High-level negotiation and legal drafting skills
Solid knowledge of business processes gained in-house relating to commercial issues, contracts, intellectual property, and data privacy law
Experience managing workload in a high-pressure environment with competing demands
A desire to be part of a dynamic legal team supporting the recognized leader in processing big data in the cloud

Responsibilities

Draft and negotiate complex, non-standard agreements governing innovative products/services and addressing cutting edge legal issues
Advise and help train commercial sales teams on deal process and contract management
Understand SaaS, product, data security, and privacy process issues to guide the sales teams during deal negotiations, and in many other contexts
Help with standardization of documentation across multiple jurisdictions
Understand Databricks' internal structures, product offerings, technology, security/data protection systems and policies to give you a foundation for effectively providing support across all lines of business

As Associate Legal Counsel, you will join the rapidly growing legal team reporting to the Managing Counsel, Americas Commercial Legal. You will provide legal support for Databricks’ U.S. commercial business, including negotiating commercial contracts, and solving issues relating to security and privacy, in addition to providing general legal support to Databricks as an integrated part of the Databricks global legal team.

The impact you will have:

Draft and negotiate complex, non-standard agreements governing innovative products/services and addressing cutting edge legal issues
Advise and help train commercial sales teams on deal process and contract management
Understand SaaS, product, data security, and privacy process issues to guide the sales teams during deal negotiations, and in many other contexts
Help with standardization of documentation across multiple jurisdictions
Understand Databricks’ internal structures, product offerings, technology, security/data protection systems and policies to give you a foundation for effectively providing support across all lines of business

What we look for:

Attorney with 2+ years of relevant experience with a law firm and/or in-house within the tech sector
Understanding of cloud services, technology and professional services contracts
High-level negotiation and legal drafting skills
Solid knowledge of business processes gained in-house relating to commercial issues, contracts, intellectual property, and data privacy law
Experience managing workload in a high-pressure environment with competing demands
A desire to be part of a dynamic legal team supporting the recognized leader in processing big data in the cloud

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
401(k) Plan
Equity awards
Flexible time off
Paid parental leave
Family Planning
Gym reimbursement
Annual personal development fund
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 9,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer’s discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

1,001-5,000 employees

Website

Unified, open platform for enterprise data

Company Overview

Databricks is on a mission to simplify and democratize data and AI, helping data teams solve the world’s toughest problems. As the world’s first and only lakehouse platform in the cloud, Databricks combines the best of data warehouses and data lakes to offer an open and unified platform for data and AI.

Benefits

Extended health care including dental and vision
Life/AD&D and disability coverage
Equity awards
Flexible Vacation
Gym reimbursement
Annual personal development fund
Work headphones reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Business travel accident insurance
Paid Parental Leave