Full-Time

Legal Operations Associate/Manager

Posted on 10/31/2025

Shakudo

Shakudo

11-50 employees

Data stack operating system for AI

No salary listed

Toronto, ON, Canada

In Person

Category
Legal & Compliance (2)
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Required Skills
Financial analysis
Risk Management
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 2+ years of experience in operations, analytics, management consulting, finance, or human resources.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in diverse teams and with clients.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Law, Finance, Management or a related field.
  • Knowledge of regulatory frameworks related to business operations.
  • Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills.
  • Bias for action and ownership mentality.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and operating in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to work full-time from our Toronto office.
  • 1-2 years of startup experience at a venture-backed B2B company.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the development and execution of SOC 2 compliance strategies, ensuring alignment with Trust Services Criteria, including risk management, security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
  • Oversee and perform in-depth internal audits of SOC 2 controls, proactively identify and address gaps, and implement robust corrective actions to strengthen the organization's compliance posture. Collaborate with external auditors to ensure successful audit outcomes.
  • Establish and maintain a comprehensive SOC 2 compliance program, including governance frameworks, ongoing risk assessments, vendor management processes, and continuous monitoring to ensure operational excellence and audit readiness.
  • Own critical customer operations processes and projects to ensure a best-in-class customer experience.
  • Build and maintain trust-based relationships with clients, addressing their needs to enhance organizational effectiveness.
  • Support customer growth by designing and executing sales enablement processes and materials.
  • Prepare and deliver presentations explaining technical products to existing and prospective customers.
  • Collaborate within diverse teams to develop and implement solutions, facilitate discussions, and guide teams toward optimal results.
  • Communicate complex ideas and recommendations clearly to various audiences, including leadership.
  • Prepare and deliver detailed reports tracking customer success, financial performance, and operational metrics.
  • Provide data-driven insights to guide business decision-making.
  • Prioritize and execute core and ad-hoc projects supporting strategic initiatives.
  • Jump into any area of the business requiring resourcing, problem-solving, or reporting.
Desired Qualifications
  • Industry experience with a proven track record of resourcefulness is a strong plus.

Shakudo provides an operating system for data and artificial intelligence stacks that helps teams build, deploy, and manage AI products. The platform works by automating DevOps tasks and integrating over 170 different open-source and commercial tools into a single environment that can be self-hosted for better data security. It distinguishes itself from competitors by creating compatibility between many different software tools, which prevents companies from being locked into a single vendor's ecosystem. The company's goal is to reduce engineering overhead and complexity so that data science teams can focus on developing AI solutions more quickly.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$17M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Loblaw reduced AI development cycles from six months to same-day delivery using platform.
  • Customer-led Series A2 funding validates product-market fit with CentralReach executives personally investing.
  • Sevenfold growth since 2023 Series A attracts strategic investors like Wittington Ventures for expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Databricks integrates 170+ tools natively, capturing enterprises with $50B valuation dominance.
  • AWS Bedrock sovereign AI controls undercut Shakudo pricing via credits for regulated clients.
  • DoD CMMC 3.0 certification delays block non-US platforms from defense contracts entirely.

What makes Shakudo unique

  • Self-hosted VPC deployment keeps customer IP within organizational infrastructure, avoiding vendor lock-in.
  • Integrates 170+ commercial and open-source tools including generative AI, reducing engineering overhead.
  • Autonomous Kaji agents run natively in customer infrastructure for regulated industries like nuclear and healthcare.

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Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

-5%
BetaKit
Feb 17th, 2026
Toronto's Shakudo converts customers into investors with $7M Series A2 raise

Toronto-based Shakudo has raised $7 million USD in a Series A2 round led by Wittington Ventures, the venture arm of the Weston family's holding company that controls Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart. The round attracted investment from existing customers, including CentralReach executives who personally backed the company. Founded in 2021, Shakudo provides AI infrastructure software that helps enterprises deploy AI tools securely within their existing systems. Loblaw reportedly reduced its AI development cycles from six months to same-day delivery using Shakudo's platform. The round included participation from Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, and RTP Global, bringing total funding to approximately $18 million USD. The company has grown sevenfold since its $7.2-million USD Series A in early 2023 and plans to raise a larger Series B within two years.

Shakudo
Feb 17th, 2026
Shakudo raises $7M to power sovereign enterprise AI with new autonomous agents

Shakudo, a platform providing operating systems for enterprise AI, has raised $7 million in a strategic funding round led by Wittington Ventures, a venture capital firm affiliated with Loblaw Companies Limited. The round included participation from existing investors Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures and RTP Global, as well as personal investments from enterprise customers. The San Francisco and Toronto-based company will use the funding to expand its US operations and launch two new products: Kaji, an autonomous AI agent running within customers' Virtual Private Clouds, and Shakudo AI Gateway, a control plane for managing models and agents across organisations. Shakudo's platform deploys natively within customers' infrastructure, ensuring intellectual property remains within the organisation whilst targeting regulated industries including nuclear energy, healthcare and financial services.

BetaKit
Jul 5th, 2023
Shakudo closes $9.5M Series A to help companies adopt generative AI

Toronto-based Shakudo has secured $9.5 million CAD in Series A funding to help companies launch artificial intelligence products more quickly and cost-effectively.

BetaKit
Nov 3rd, 2021
Rebranded Shakudo raises $4.2 million to expand reach of AI platform

Toronto-based software startup Shakudo has rebranded from DevSentient, raising $4.2 million CAD in seed funding to expand the reach of its AI platform for data science and ML teams.

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