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Platform.sh

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

☁️ SaaS

🛍️ eCommerce

🔌 API

SaaS • eCommerce • API

Platform. sh is a collaborative cloud application platform that simplifies full-stack web application development. It enables developers to easily build, deploy, run, scale, and iterate their applications, integrating frontend, backend, APIs, databases, services, and security features without the need to manage infrastructure. The platform emphasizes speed, collaboration, and observability, allowing instant creation of preview environments and efficient development processes.

📋 Description

• Embed compliance into the product lifecycle: Partner directly with Product and Engineering to review platform features, draft fit-for-purpose terms, and align legal guardrails with active business goals. • Manage infrastructure and vendor risk: Review and negotiate complex upstream infrastructure contracts (IaaS), reseller agreements, and AWS/Azure/GCP Marketplace agreements to safeguard platform integrity. • Govern AI and emerging tech: Formulate clear legal frameworks for features utilizing AI/ML models, focusing directly on training data provenance, output liabilities, and proactive compliance with the EU AI Act. • Integrate data privacy and security: Collaborate closely with our DPO, Security, and Compliance teams to map data flows and embed global privacy frameworks directly into the cloud architecture. • Accelerate go-to-market and commercial growth: Update customer-facing terms (ToS, SLAs, AUP) and act as a trusted advisor to global sales teams during negotiations for complex, bespoke enterprise contracts.

🎯 Requirements

• Legal qualification: A Juris Doctor (JD, LLB, or equivalent) with active qualification to practice law in your jurisdiction. • Tech sector experience: 5 to 10+ years of post-qualification experience within a law firm or in-house legal department, specifically supporting SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or developer-facing platforms. • Technical familiarity: You do not need to write code, but you understand how modern cloud applications work. You are comfortable learning or discussing concepts like APIs, containerization, pull requests, and multi-tenant databases. • Language proficiency: Highly proficient in both spoken and written English and French. • Practical execution: A track record of writing clear, balanced legal terms and a professional approach that values clarity over complex legal language.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO • Comprehensive healthcare coverage (UK, Canada, France, Spain, USA) • Company stock options • Professional development budget • Office equipment budget • Wellness budget • Annual team gatherings • Internet reimbursement • Inclusive parental leave • Remote work travel program