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Product Counsel

Job in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listing for: Fastly
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-10
Job specializations:
  • Security
    Cybersecurity
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 180000 - 240000 USD Yearly USD 180000.00 240000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
  • 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 technologies

We are seeking candidates who value working on a strong and diverse team, and want to contribute to creating a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment

Problem-Solving: A pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to problem-solving

Attention to Detail:
Meticulous attention to detail

Product Instincts:
Comfort sitting in product and engineering meetings, asking the right questions, and giving real-time, practical guidance

Execution:
Ability to prioritize, manage, and complete projects independently in a dynamic, evolving environment

Curiosity: A genuine interest in learning the practical, technical side of the business (APIs, encryption, LLMs, cloud architecture) well enough to give real-time guidance

Communication:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex legal issues for a business audience

Experience:

5+ years of relevant legal experience, including at least 1 year of in-house experience

Collaboration:

A collaborative team player who enjoys working across disciplines and values building relationships and improving process

Education & Credentials: JD from a respected institution and membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar Prior experience advising product, engineering, or other technical teams

Experience drafting or negotiating technology transactions or commercial agreements

Emerging knowledge of U.S. or global privacy, AI, or technology regulatory frameworks

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