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Salary: USD 180,000 - 250,000 / annual
PlanetScale is a rapidly growing database platform company backed by over $100M in venture financing from top-tier investors including a16z, Kleiner Perkins, SignalFire, and Insight Venture Partners. The company serves innovative businesses like Block, Anysphere (Cursor), MyFitnessPal, Etsy, and Kick, offering developers the fastest and most reliable Postgres and Vitess/MySQL databases.
You will serve as Senior Product and Commercial Counsel, owning important commercial negotiations, advising on product and privacy matters, and working directly with leadership on decisions that shape the business. This is a senior individual contributor role with substantial autonomy and direct access to leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Negotiating complex technology transactions and customer/vendor agreements
- Advising on privacy, data protection, and compliance matters
- Supporting Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Security teams
- Managing multiple legal matters independently in a fast-moving environment
- Translating technical and commercial details into clear contractual terms
- Building productive relationships across functions
- Contributing to the development of legal processes and programs as the company scales
The role emphasizes legal judgment combined with business understanding, the ability to distinguish material risks from theoretical ones, and finding workable paths forward. You'll work with people who care deeply about their craft, tackle substantive questions, and see the direct impact of your advice. There is room to deepen expertise, expand scope, and build programs as the company grows.
**Requirements:**
- J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice in work location
- At least 6 years of relevant legal experience, including substantial experience negotiating technology transactions
- Experience advising technology businesses on customer and vendor agreements, privacy, and data protection
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills with ability to translate technical and commercial details into clear contractual terms
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build productive relationships across functions
- Judgment and organizational skills to manage multiple matters independently in a fast-moving environment
**Preferred qualifications:**
- In-house experience at a SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or other technology company
- Experience advising Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Security teams
- Familiarity with AI, open source software, intellectual property licensing, or international data protection requirements
- Experience supporting enterprise customers, strategic partnerships, or new business models
