Corporate Counsel

Spectro Cloud•San Jose, CA

22d•Remote

About The Position

Spectro Cloud is looking for a Senior Corporate Counsel to support commercial transactions, corporate matters, privacy, employment, IP, and the steady stream of questions that come with scaling a global infrastructure software business. This is a high-impact, broad-scope role. You will partner directly with sales, finance, product, engineering, marketing, and people teams, and you will be expected to own matters end-to-end. We are looking for someone who is comfortable making decisions, knows when to escalate, can adapt quickly to changing priorities and needs, and treats the legal function as a business enabler rather than a checkpoint. Today, Legal is a team of one. You will be the second reporting to the Head of Legal Counsel. You will get to help shape how the Legal function operates — playbooks, templates, processes, escalation rules, and the tools we use to scale. If you are looking for a role where you can step in, build, and leave a fingerprint on a company, this is it.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited US law school and active membership in good standing of at least one US state bar.
4–8 years of post-JD legal experience, with a meaningful mix of top-tier law firm and in-house experience preferred.
Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating SaaS / technology commercial agreements, including MSAs, DPAs, and order forms.
Working knowledge of US privacy laws (CCPA/CPRA and other state regimes) and EU/UK GDPR as applied to a B2B SaaS business.
Strong commercial instincts — able to translate legal risk into practical business advice and move a deal forward.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain legal concepts to non-lawyers in plain English.
Comfort operating with ambiguity, competing priorities, and shifting deadlines — and the judgment to prioritize when not everything can get done.
Self-starter who is willing to take initiative beyond the strict bounds of the role to help the company move forward.
Strong organizational skills and a track record of managing a high-volume workload without dropping balls.
Experience leveraging AI systems and technologies
The ability to operate effectively with remote teams and manage your time efficiently.
High integrity, sound judgment, and a sense of humor.

Nice To Haves

In-house experience at a venture-backed B2B SaaS or infrastructure software company.
Experience supporting an open-source software business, including OSS license review.
Familiarity with cloud, Kubernetes, AI/ML, or container ecosystems — enough to talk to engineering and product without a translator.
Experience supporting US federal and public-sector sales motions (e.g., FedRAMP, GSA, DFARS / FAR flow-downs).
Experience with international commercial transactions and cross-border data transfer frameworks (SCCs, UK IDTA).
Experience using contract lifecycle management (CLM) tooling and building self-serve legal workflows.
Experience supporting corporate development activity (M&A, strategic investments, partnerships).

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate a broad mix of commercial agreements, including customer subscription agreements (MSAs, EULAs, order forms), partner and reseller agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, NDAs, and DPAs.
Serve as a day-to-day legal partner to sales, finance, procurement, and revenue operations on deal structuring, contract questions, and escalations.
Support corporate matters including entity management, board and stockholder governance, equity administration, and financings, working closely with the Head of Legal and outside counsel.
Advise on privacy and data protection matters under US state privacy laws, GDPR, and UK GDPR, including DPA negotiation, vendor risk review, and customer privacy inquiries.
Support employment matters in coordination with the People team, including offer letters, separations, contractor engagements, equity and compensation questions, and international hiring.
Help build and maintain the company’s contract playbooks, templates, and self-serve tools so that the business can move quickly without sacrificing risk discipline.
Support IP matters, including trademark portfolio management, open-source license review, and IP clauses in commercial and employment agreements.
Manage outside counsel on discrete matters — scoping, budgeting, and quality-checking work product.
Help respond to legal inquiries, subpoenas, regulatory requests, and disputes as they arise.
Take initiative on the things that don’t have an obvious owner — process improvements, training the business, building new playbooks — and help the legal function scale with the company.
Research areas of the law that may not be your area of strength.