Staff Product & Commercial Counsel

🕒 August 4

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $178.5k - $255k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Docker, Inc

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

☁️ SaaS

💰 $105M Series C on 2022-03

Consulting • SaaS

Docker, Inc is a company that simplifies the lives of developers by tackling the complexity of app development. They offer tools that allow developers to bring their ideas to life through containerization and orchestration, making the development process easier and more efficient. Docker's products, including Docker Desktop and Docker Hub, are widely adopted by millions of developers worldwide, enhancing workflows and providing an integrated development pipeline.

📋 Description

• Serve as embedded product counsel to Product Management and Engineering across the product lifecycle, advising on products, features, pricing, packaging, Early Access and beta programs, and end-of-life decisions • Advise on open source software licensing, compatibility, usage, contributions, CLAs, and compliance obligations • Draft and maintain product-facing legal terms, subscription and licensing agreements, Early Access and beta terms, fair use and acceptable use policies, and monetization documentation • Structure and negotiate commercial provisions in customer and partner agreements covering product licensing, cloud services, hybrid on-premise and SaaS deployments, IP ownership, indemnification, warranties, and support • Counsel on AI-enabled product features, including training data provenance, output ownership, third-party model licensing, and AI regulatory requirements • Collaborate with GRC on product design and regulatory obligations, including software supply chain security and the EU Cyber Resilience Act • Support IP strategy, trademark usage guidelines, brand protection, and coordination with outside counsel • Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting developer tools, open source, cloud services, and AI • Build playbooks, templates, and self-service resources for Product and GTM teams • Report to Docker's Head of Legal and collaborate with Product, Engineering, GRC, Sales, Deal Desk, and senior executives • Take ownership of legal review for product and feature launches • Establish product roadmap legal intake and review processes • Assess product terms and OSS compliance and create improvement roadmaps • Lead assigned product and licensing negotiations • Build and deploy resources supporting product legal review and commercial negotiations

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school • Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar • 6+ years of relevant legal experience, with meaningful in-house experience at a software, cloud, or developer tools company • Deep familiarity with open source software licensing, copyleft and permissive licenses, compatibility analysis, and OSS governance • Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, software licensing, and cloud services agreements • Experience negotiating enterprise customer IP, indemnity, and liability provisions • Working technical fluency with virtual containers, registries, CI/CD, APIs, and software supply chain security • Understanding of AI and LLM legal issues, including model licensing, training data, and regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act • AI-Native work capability • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Sound, risk-calibrated judgment and practical business-oriented solutions • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and manage competing priorities • Ability to collaborate with diverse teams and build strong working relationships • Docker does not offer visa sponsorship for this role

🏖️ Benefits

• Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life • Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break • Home office setup • 16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment) • Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month • PTO plan • Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes • Equity • Docker Swag • Medical benefits • Retirement • Holidays vary by country • Remote-first culture