Product Counsel

Fastly; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave and family benefits

Health plans (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) / ESPP

Learning and development reimburse

Employee engagement & events

Job summary

Fastly is seeking a Product Counsel to join our legal team in San Francisco, CA. You will provide hands-on legal guidance across the product development lifecycle, partnering with product and engineering to assess risk and enable rapid, compliant innovation.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house experience, and a JD with bar admission. You will draft and negotiate technology transactions, translate privacy and AI regulations into practical guidance, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house experience.
• JD and bar admission in at least one U.S. state.
• Experience drafting or negotiating technology transactions or commercial agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on product counseling with product and engineering teams.
• Translate privacy, IP, data protection, and AI/regulatory considerations into actionable guidance.
• Support complex customer, partner, and vendor negotiations with other legal and business partners.
• Draft and review terms, disclosures, and marketing copy.
• Help draft policies, playbooks, checklists, FAQs, and training materials.

Skills

Product counseling

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory guidance

Drafting & negotiation

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

• We are looking for a Product Counsel to join our legal team. The role will focus on product counseling, providing hands-on legal guidance throughout the product development lifecycle — from early design and planning through launch and iteration
• This position reports to the Assistant General Counsel leading the Product, Technology, and Regulatory team, and will be based out of one of our offices with a preference for San Francisco, CA
• Product Counseling: Partner day-to-day with product and engineering teams — joining planning and design discussions, reviewing features for legal risk, and serving as a go-to legal point of contact for cutting-edge product and feature development and launch
• Cross-Functional Support: Develop and translate legal and regulatory considerations (privacy, IP, AI, data protection, and similar frameworks) into clear, actionable guidance for cross-functional stakeholders including security and marketing teams
• Commercial Support: Support complex customer, partner and vendor negotiations, including reviewing, drafting and negotiating agreements in collaboration with other legal and business partners
• Drafting & Review: Draft and review clear, consistent terms, disclosures, and marketing copy
• Process & Training: Help draft and maintain policies, playbooks, checklists, FAQs, and training materials to improve process and streamline stakeholder engagement
• General Support: Provide flexible, generalist legal support across the Product, Technology, and Regulatory team’s workload as priorities shift
• This position will require you to be available during core business hours

Benefits

• Parental support and beyond: We support our families by offering generous time off for parental leave. And beyond that, we work hard to build a culture that allows for all employees to have the life outside work that they desire year round.
• Health and wellness:
  Your well-being matters here. Our health plans offer a variety of options, including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, short- and long-term disability insurance, mental health resources, and more.
• Invest in your future:
  We offer 401(k)/retirement plans, employee stock purchasing plans (ESPP), and reimbursements for learning and development programs — so we can support your ongoing growth and success.
• Keep learning and growing: Helping people go further means nurturing their talent. Through annual reimbursements for employee learning activities, regular hangouts and advice from our Senior Staff, talks from industry leaders, and cultural events — we offer tons of opportunities for people to learn. And we’re always looking to grow as a company, too: we collect employee engagement and experience data annually and leverage our Employee Experience Champion Network to understand employee feedback, so we can keep improving.

This is a great opportunity for a thoughtful, pragmatic, and collaborative attorney with strong product and business instincts who is eager to learn and wants to help shape innovative edge cloud technologiesWe are seeking candidates who value working on a strong and diverse team, and want to contribute to creating a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environmentProblem-Solving: A pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to problem-solvingAttention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detailProduct Instincts: Comfort sitting in product and engineering meetings, asking the right questions, and giving real-time, practical guidanceExecution: Ability to prioritize, manage, and complete projects independently in a dynamic, evolving environmentCuriosity: A genuine interest in learning the practical, technical side of the business (APIs, encryption, LLMs, cloud architecture) well enough to give real-time guidanceCommunication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex legal issues for a business audienceExperience: 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including at least 1 year of in-house experienceCollaboration: A collaborative team player who enjoys working across disciplines and values building relationships and improving processEducation & Credentials: JD from a respected institution and membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state barPrior experience advising product, engineering, or other technical teamsExperience drafting or negotiating technology transactions or commercial agreementsEmerging knowledge of U.S. or global privacy, AI, or technology regulatory frameworks