Senior Product Counsel, ClickHouse

• Law degree and member in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar
• Exceptional academic performance and training, including law degree from a highly ranked law school (e.g., Top 30) and/or experience at a top-tier law firm in the technology space
• 4 to 8 years of experience, preferably with a meaningful mix of Big Law and in-house at a technology company
• Located in the United States
• Currently in a product counsel role, or a role with significant product counsel responsibility (e.g., product/commercial or product/privacy hybrid)
• Strong command of the core product legal disciplines: AI/ML issues, privacy (GDPR, CCPA), open-source licensing, and IP
• Excellent judgment and business orientation — able to translate complex legal risk into practical product advice
• Strong communicator and collaborator, comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-growth environment

Desirable

• ClickHouse is seeking an experienced product counsel to join as an early member of ClickHouse's elite and business-focused Legal team
• You will be responsible for supporting ClickHouse's product and engineering teams as a trusted legal partner across the full product lifecycle — from early-stage feature development through launch and beyond
• As our product legal function grows, you'll shape how we build responsibly at scale, with particular focus on AI, privacy, and data issues
• You will act as a solutions-oriented advisor and business enabler in a rapidly growing company while maintaining high standards for both legal practice and business ethics
• You will report to ClickHouse's Deputy General Counsel, Product and IP
• Become a founding member of the product legal team, serving as a legal partner to ClickHouse's product, engineering, and design organizations across the full product development lifecycle
• Cultivate strong relationships with product and engineering leadership and act as a pragmatic, solutions-oriented legal advisor
• Advise on legal issues arising from new and evolving product features, with a particular focus on AI/ML (including training data, model outputs, IP ownership, and regulatory frameworks), data privacy, intellectual property, and open-source software
• Advise on, draft, and review technology licensing and integration partnership agreements with strategic product and ecosystem partners
• Advise on open-source licensing strategy and compliance
• Draft, review, and maintain product-specific legal terms, policies, and documentation
• Support legal integration work arising from acquisitions, including diligence of acquired product IP, policy alignment, and creation of new or modified legal terms for acquired company customers
• Advise on trademark and brand protection matters, including monitoring for potential infringement, responding to third-party claims, and counseling on product naming and go-to-market materials
• Partner with the Governance, Risk, and Compliance team to build privacy-by-design practices into product development and ensure compliance with global data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA, and equivalents) and standards
• Partner with the Security and Privacy teams on incident response, advising on notification obligations, regulatory reporting requirements, and customer communications
• Monitor and advise on relevant regulatory, compliance, and legal developments impacting the product, including AI, privacy, and export compliance, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate them into actionable guidance
• Help develop scalable legal workflows that support rapid product iteration and growth