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Legal Counsel

Posted Jul 28
Full Time
RemoteSanta Clara, Clara
Couchbase’s Legal Team leverages its business-minded and practically oriented expertise to support stakeholders across the organization, advocate for the company’s best interests, and scale the business at a rapid pace.
 
We are looking for a resourceful and team-oriented attorney who displays good judgment and with proven in-house experience. In this role, you will take on a broad range of legal issues ranging from negotiating and closing large-scale and high-quality deals across a wide variety of transactions (including software licensing, partnership agreements, inbound contracts), to product counseling, and more. As a highly valued member of the Couchbase Legal Team, you will use your excellent judgement and communication skills to partner with both our internal business units as well as with our external customers and partners to address complex issues across diverse subject matters in an accurate, clear, and thorough manner. Generally, you are a self-starter who enjoys working both independently but also collaboratively with the team when the task calls for it. You value efficiency and hone good judgment every day in your practice. This role reports to our Associate General Counsel, and is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for technology, excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

In this role, you will work on:

    • Drafting and negotiating a wide range of outbound and inbound commercial contracts, including large-scale enterprise software license agreements, SaaS agreements, professional services, channel and technology partner agreements, nondisclosure and other commercial and technology related agreements from start to close
    • Serving as key resource for internal stakeholders for product development needs, such as third-party licensing, privacy and product compliance, and IP guidance
    • Understanding, demonstrating, and honing operational best practices set by the Couchbase Legal Team while striving for constant improvement

Minimum Qualifications:

    • J.D. or equivalent degree with strong academic credentials
    • Member of the California Bar, or eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel
    • Prior experience working with large multinational customers/clients and partners
    • Ability to coordinate effectively across disciplines, gain trust and confidence with colleagues at many different levels throughout the company

Preferred Qualifications:

    • Passion for closing high-quality deals while working collaboratively with our customers
    • Clear and concise communication skills that present complex issues in plain English
    • Organizational skills that effectively manage competing deadlines and deliverables in a fast moving deal engine
    • Experience with data privacy and security issues in the technology space (GDPR, CCPA etc.), and intellectual property
    • 3+ total years of relevant experience in a law firm, government agency, etc. including at least 1+ years of experience working in-house
    • Resident in the Bay Area
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About Couchbase
At Couchbase, we believe data is at the heart of the enterprise. We empower developers and architects to build, deploy, and run their most mission-critical applications. Couchbase delivers a high-performance, flexible and scalable modern database that runs across the data center and any cloud. Many of the world’s largest enterprises rely on Couchbase to power the core applications their businesses depend on.

As a 2020 Bay Area Best Places to Work winner, Couchbase recognizes the need for time off when you need it. Enjoy unlimited DTO, matching 401K contributions, ESPP and many other amazing benefits. See more of our recent awards to learn what makes Couchbase such a great company to work at.

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