Senior Legal Counsel

We are a fast-growing Series A startup building cutting-edge technology to revolutionise cloud development processes and support highly efficient dev & test feedback loops. At its core, LocalStack provides a high-fidelity emulator and local cloud development platform. Our mission is to empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, allowing for a more enjoyable dev experience, and saving valuable time and resources. LocalStack has a large and active developer community with over 100k active users worldwide and 290M+ downloads to date. Our customer base ranges from SMBs to Global Fortune 500 companies. LocalStack is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with a main engineering office in Vienna, Austria and remote team members from the US, France, UK, Canada, Spain, and many more countries.

Requirements

• First-line contract review (NDAs, MSAs, DPAs, Order Forms, security addenda, reseller/distributor terms, procurement redlines) is fully owned and no longer dependent on external counsel for standard commercial matters within 90 days.
• A working legal intake and prioritisation process — with clear approval thresholds by ARR and risk level — is operational across Sales, Finance, RevOps, and Security within 90 days.
• A practical contract playbook with clause library, fallback positions, and hard-no positions is built and adopted by Sales and CS within 6 months, measurably reducing deal cycle friction.
• Enterprise deal cycle predictability improves: legal is no longer a bottleneck on standard and mid-complexity enterprise deals by month 6.
• Commercial legal infrastructure (templates, self-serve tools, approval matrix, redline standards) is built to Series B/C maturity standards by month 12, with a clear recommendation on whether additional legal ops or contract manager support is needed.

Experience we expect you to bring to the role

• 5-8+ years PQE, ideally with a mix of law firm and in-house SaaS experience.
• Strong B2B SaaS / enterprise software contracting experience.
• Experience negotiating customer paper, not only company paper.
• Strong understanding of SaaS MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, security addenda, procurement terms, marketplace / reseller / partner contracts.
• Comfortable with US and international (mainly European) customers.
• Practical understanding of GDPR, privacy, data processing, security obligations, and subprocessor concepts.
• Strong commercial judgment: knows when to push, when to accept, and when to elevate.
• Ability to work directly with Sales, Finance, RevOps, Security, Product, and leadership.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving startup / scale-up environment without perfect processes.
• Experience creating templates, playbooks, approval matrices, and self-serve processes before IP and product-use restrictions.
• Developer tools, infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity, or technical SaaS background. (preferred)
• Experience with AWS Marketplace / cloud marketplaces. (preferred)
• Experience with public sector / highly regulated customers. (preferred)
• Experience building legal playbooks from scratch. (preferred)
• Experience implementing CLM or quote-to-contract tooling. (preferred)
• Familiarity operating under US and EU legislation. (preferred)
• Exposure to equity, corporate governance, employment, and fundraising. (preferred)

Values we hold in LocalStack

• Care: we create with compassion. We prioritise empathy and understanding in every interaction.
• Ownership: we own the outcome. We take responsibility for our work and are passionate about its impact.
• Openness: we build trust together. We build trust through open communication and honest feedback.
• Courage: we dare to innovate. We embrace bold challenges and take calculated risks to move the needle.
• Excellence: we chase the extraordinary. We chase excellence by pushing boundaries and delivering results that go beyond the ordinary.

Benefits

• Fully remote.
• Competitive salary.
• Annual company retreat.
• 2 extra company-wide holidays.
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture (community guilds and online company events).

For US-based candidates, the OTE range for this role is between $224,000 and 325,000 per annum and is based on experience, location and skills.