Legal Counsel, Zapier
$158.4-237.5k
Offers Equity and Bonus
Workflow automation service
Be an early applicant
Workflow automation service
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$158.4-237.5k
Offers Equity and Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Zapier's mission is to Make Automation Work for Everyone!
Role
Who you are
- You have exceptional drafting and negotiation skills. You are experienced at drafting and negotiating a range of inbound and outbound commercial contracts, including technology/cloud agreements, SaaS service agreements, contractor/consulting agreements, events-related agreements, and other business agreements
- You are a regulatory expert, with strong business judgment. You have a knack for analyzing and assessing laws, regulations, and policies across multiple jurisdictions to extract the most relevant provisions for the business. You are comfortable with assessing risk and proposing solutions that balance risk with business goals
- You love new challenges. You have experience with, and an enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity for new legal issues. You are a creative thinker who is comfortable with change and ambiguity, and excited to learn areas of the law that may be new to you
- You think of yourself as a builder in legal practice. You increase the efficiency of your legal practice by using technology such as Zapier for automating legal processes, CLM products, and AI tools. You love exploring and implementing new ways to improve in-house legal processes for a small but growing legal team
- You are self-aware and have a high EQ. You have a positive attitude with a solution-oriented mindset. You work effectively across teams and have strong listening and interpersonal skills
- You’re solid at time management. You are successful at working independently and have a proven track record of prioritizing and managing multiple matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly engaged environment. You also recognize when to ask for help or escalate issues
- You're a skilled communicator. You can take legalese and make it easy to read for a diverse workforce spanning the globe. Zapier is a 100% remote team and writing is our primary means of communication
- Juris Doctor degree
- Admitted to practice and in good standing with one or more state bars in the US
- 4-8 years of legal experience across commercial, operational, or general corporate matters
- Combined law firm and in-house experience at a SaaS/technology company preferred, but not required
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a hands-on, sharp, and technology-savvy Counsel (based in the United States) to join our legal team to provide practical and clear legal advice on a broad range of commercial and compliance matters, including vendor and sales contracts, data privacy, and employment law
- We’re looking for a legal counsel with a strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, who is excited to learn new areas and will thrive in a fast-paced, technology-forward, and intellectually challenging work environment
- This position provides a great opportunity to lead efforts to incorporate technology, like automation and AI, in legal operations and practice. You will be a member of our legal team and report to the General Counsel
- Lead response to legal tickets from teams across Zapier, including from sales, procurement, and HR teams, and escalate to subject matter experts to resolve, as needed
- Partner with the procurement team and stakeholder teams across Zapier to draft, review, and negotiate inbound SaaS, service, and consultant/contractor agreements of all types
- Collaborate with Zapier’s commercial counsel on providing effective and efficient legal support to close sales deals
- Collaborate with Zapier’s employment counsel on the development, preparation, and training on various personnel-related compliance policies and documents, and provide day-to-day support to the People team
- Advocate for and implement technology to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Zapier legal team, including using automation, AI, and other tools
- Monitor legal developments globally for compliance purposes in locations where Zapier has personnel and customers, including labor, data privacy, and AI-related laws. Work with internal and external subject matter experts as needed. Advise the business on these developments with practical solutions
- Advocate for finding and implementing the “right” solution, which is one that is compliant and meets business goals, while remaining committed to our customers, our people, and Zapier’s core values
- Understand company-wide goals to develop systems, processes, and metrics that support Zapier’s growth
- Other duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the legal team at Zapier
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: 1 November 2026
Our take
Even before remote working became the "in thing", freelancers, small business owners, and large organisations have found themselves needing more and more software platforms to serve their operational needs. As people used more software services, Zapier founders saw the need to connect the actions between these software and save everyone some time.
Zapier is the largest integration and automation tool for businesses. Since its founding, Zapier has grown its suite of automation offerings across almost every mainstream software service. The company is one of the most successful to come out of Y Combinator and has also been a pioneer of remote working.
Zapier has so far been able to capitalise heavily on its advantage as one of the first entrants and has had very little actual competition. Software services aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and organisations are only going to need more of them. This puts Zapier in a strong position for growth, but also opens up room for bolder companies to get in on the action. Companies like Airtable and Integromat are already preying on more niche segments of Zapier's market share.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2012
$1.3m
SEED
Sep 2012
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $1.5m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Bonus program
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Great healthcare + dental + vision coverage*
- Retirement plan with company match*
- Stock options for every Zapien**
- 2 annual company retreats to awesome places
- 14 weeks paid leave for new parents
- Home office setup stipend
- Professional development allowance
Additional info
- As a fully remote company with 800+ team members across 40+ states, 38 countries, and 18+ timezones, we’ve adopted a culture of asynchronous work. This work style allows teams to collaborate effectively across locations, time zones, skills, and each individual’s energy levels, and empowers employees to work in a setting that fits their needs. In practice, we live on Slack, with most conversations in public channels. It mimics the open-office feel and allows everyone to search the chat logs if they need to find something that happened when they weren’t around
Leadership
Wade Foster
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Zapier, wasEmail Marketing Manager with Veterans United Home Loans, and Customer Development Lead at The Idea Works.
Bryan Helmig
(Co-Founder & CTO)Was previously Product Dev/Manager at Veterans United Home Loans.
Mike Knoop
(Co-Founder)Was CPO and Head of Labs at Zapier before becoming President. Previously was a Graduate Research at the University of Missouri.
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