Legal Counsel, Kaluza
£90-113k
+ Discretionary Bonus Scheme
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
Intelligent software platform powering the future of energy
Be an early applicant
Intelligent software platform powering the future of energy
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
£90-113k
+ Discretionary Bonus Scheme
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help decarbonise the world.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Solicitor: You are a qualified solicitor in England and Wales
- Emerging Expertise: You have a minimum of 2+ years' PQE, gained primarily in-house with a technology company or in the commercial department of a leading private practice law firm
- Tech & Data Fluency: You have strong experience with commercial contracts, ideally within the software, SaaS, or technology infrastructure sectors. You possess a solid understanding of corporate law and data protection (GDPR), with the confidence to provide clear, practical advice across jurisdictions
- Commercial Mindset: You possess excellent commercial judgment. You can translate complex legal issues into clear, business-focused advice that stakeholders can understand and act upon
- Sharp Skills: Your drafting, analytical, and communication skills are excellent, and you have an unwavering attention to detail
Desirable
- Scale-Up Experience: Previous experience working in a technology scale-up environment, where you have adapted to fast-paced change
- Judgement & Autonomy: You have the ability to manage a high volume of routine commercial agreements independently, combined with the self-awareness and judgment to know exactly when to escalate complex or high-risk matters to senior counsel
- Service Delivery: You are extremely responsive, with a team-focused and collaborative work style
- Curiosity: You are curious and creative, with a genuine willingness to build expertise, learn new systems, and solve new complex challenges
What the job involves
- Team: Legal
- Reporting To: Senior Legal Counsel
- You will play a pivotal role in scaling the legal function, managing the daily flow of commercial agreements and helping to build the operational infrastructure that allows Kaluza to grow at speed
- Commercial Contracting: You will draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial contracts, including service agreements, consultancy agreements, NDAs, third-party supplier agreements, and specific agreements relating to our Flex product offering
- Legal Operations & Tech: You will manage the "Legal Front Door" (our request intake system) and drive efficiency. A key project will be assisting in the scoping and implementation of a full Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system to automate our workflows
- Template Architecture: You will assist in creating and maintaining our library of legal templates, ensuring all Kaluza documentation is up-to-date, legally robust, and aligned with our house positions and branding
- Corporate Governance: You will support vital company secretarial matters, including Companies House filings, drafting board and shareholder resolutions, and assisting in the administration of the company share option scheme
- Advisory & Support: You will act as a trusted advisor on ad-hoc requests from across the business, covering a variety of topics as they arise. You will support the General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel in laying a strong substantive and relationship foundation for the legal presence across the company
Application process
- Closing date for applications: Friday 2nd January 2026
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The energy landscape is one of the most dynamic and fast-evolving sectors in the world. More and more energy retailers are looking to move further toward digitisation and reap the benefits of modern technology in an increasingly connected world. But many are struggling with the transition, held back by legacy operating systems which slow them down, drain resources, and hamper innovation.
This is where Kaluza comes in. An ecosystem of platforms whose services range from energy billing to smart electric vehicle charging, Its real-time cloud platforms transform supplier operations, reducing the cost to serve and boosting customer engagement. Essentially, its platform is aimed at helping businesses streamline their operations, saving them time, effort, and money which can be better invested elsewhere.
Kaluza is riding the momentum of a growing desire for sustainable business and services. Its program relating to electric car charging, for example, will be able to capitalise on huge new demand in that sector - over 100,000 electric cars are already on the roads in the UK, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance has predicted that electric cars will account for over 50% of new global car sales by 2040. As the globe moves further towards sustainable use of energy in the coming years, Kaluza could be very well positioned to capitalise.
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Insights
33% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2024
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Progressive leave policies - including leave dedicated to the moments that matter to you the most
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Dedicated personal learning and home office budgets
- Flexible working — we trust you to work in a way that suits your lifestyle
- 26 days holiday
- Kaluza Share Scheme
Company HQ
Kensington, London, UK
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Leadership
Melissa Gander
(CEO)Initially joined Kaluza as COO before becoming CEO in 2024. Previously worked at OVO Energy in a number of roles, including Managing Director of Smart Metering and Group COO. Prior to that, they worked at INEXUS as a Process and Performance Analyst and a Customer Manager.
People progressing
Joined as Senior Technical Product Manager in 2017, promoted after 2 years to Head of Product, promoted again in 2024 to their current position as Director of Product.
Joined Kaluza in 2020 as a Software Engineer, and in less than 2 years was promoted to Software Engineering Manager and again promoted in 2023 to Senior Software Engineer.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Kaluza
- We are developing an dedicated Early Talent programme with a focus on underrepresented groups, offering different training opportunities within the business
- Our applicant tracking system, Greenhouse, also anonymously tracks the diversity of each candidate pipeline, so we can proactively take action when a pipeline needs to be more diverse
- We invest in tools, like Textio, and focused diversity job boards to help us reduce bias in our job postings and recruitment activity
- Commitment in improving diversity across our Tech Teams and working with companies to improve the tech ecosystem as a whole, specifically have committed to 25% Women in Tech by 2025
- We've signed up to numerous charters, like the Tech Talent Charter, Race at Work Charter and Trans in the City, to show our continuing commitment to improving I&D within Kaluza and the wider community
- Within Kaluza we have belonging communities set up, to offer support and forums for everybody
- We run monthly Inclusive Hiring Skills & Bias training that are open to all Kaluza employees
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