Director, Legal

Solo.io, Inc.

About The Position

Solo.io is hiring an in-house Director of Legal to lead the company’s legal work. The role reports to the CFO and works closely with the CEO and leadership team. It is based in Boston or remote within the United States, and may require occasional travel. The Director will serve as a legal partner across commercial contracts, employment, privacy, open source, corporate governance, and strategic matters, handling most work directly and engaging outside counsel when appropriate. The position is described as an opportunity for a candidate with a strong commercial contracts background to gain broader commercial, employment, and corporate law experience as a step toward a General Counsel role. The core of the role is reviewing, drafting, and negotiating customer, partner, reseller, and vendor agreements, NDAs, and order forms. The Director will own and update contract templates and playbooks, including provisions concerning AI, data, and security, and help make legal operations fast and streamlined by using Ironclad, AI tools, and value-added processes. Other work includes advising on privacy and security commitments, open source licensing, and specialized matters handled with outside counsel; maintaining standard documents, policies, and procedures; and potentially supporting employment, corporate, AI governance, trade compliance, export control, and marketing communications matters. Solo.io builds infrastructure for cloud connectivity and AI workloads and works with enterprise customers, partners, and open source communities. The company says it is unable to provide visa sponsorship; applicants must be authorized to work in the United States permanently without current or future sponsorship. Solo.io is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company may use AI tools to help sort applicants based on job-related criteria, but the hiring team decides who advances and AI makes no employment decisions.

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
Active license to practice in at least one U.S. state and eligibility to register as in-house counsel in Massachusetts.
7–10 years of commercial legal experience at a law firm, in-house, or both.
Deep expertise drafting and negotiating enterprise software agreements, including SaaS, licensing, data processing, and partner agreements.
Ability and comfort working as a team of one, owning work end to end and engaging outside counsel when needed.
Sound judgment on legal, commercial, and reputational risk, with practical advice that keeps deals moving.
Strong organization and ability to manage many matters across teams and time zones.
Clear, plain-English communication with engineers, sales leaders, and executives.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent, ongoing basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

In-house experience at a software or SaaS company.
Experience with open source licensing.
Experience with privacy and AI regulation, such as GDPR and the EU AI Act.
Exposure to corporate and transactional work, such as financings, equity, or M&A.
Experience implementing contract management or AI legal tools.

Responsibilities

Review, draft, and negotiate customer, partner, reseller, and vendor agreements, NDAs, and order forms in collaboration with sales, finance, and other teams.
Own contract templates and playbooks and update them for current market terms, including AI, data, and security provisions.
Use Ironclad, AI tools, and value-added processes to streamline legal work and help legal operate quickly and accurately.
Advise on data privacy and security commitments, including data processing agreements, GDPR, and customer security reviews.
Advise on open source licensing, contributor agreements, and participation in open source foundations.
Manage outside counsel and the legal budget for specialized matters.
Maintain the library of standard documents, policies, and procedures.
Potentially draft and negotiate employment documents, including specialized offer letters and separation agreements.
Potentially support People Ops on compensation, benefits, immigration, and international employment matters.
Potentially support corporate matters, including board materials, equity administration, entity management, and periodic financing or strategic transactions alongside outside counsel.
Potentially help shape internal policies on AI use and governance.
Potentially advise on trade compliance and export controls.
Potentially review external communications with marketing, including press releases, the website, and social media.