Employment Counsel Jobs

Sigma Computing is seeking an experienced employment counsel to provide legal guidance on all aspects of employment law across the organization. This role will partner closely with People Operations, leadership, and business teams to manage risk, ensure compliance, and support a positive employee experience in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment. Key Responsibilities Provide legal advice on employment-related matters including onboarding, performance management, disciplinary actions, terminations, and reductions in force; Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations (U.S. and, if applicable, international); Draft, review, and update employment agreements, offer letters, contractor agreements, policies, and handbooks; Advise on employee relations issues and dispute resolution; Manage and oversee outside employment counsel and litigation matters; Complete workplace investigations; Partner with People Ops (HR) and Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) teams on compliance training, and policy implementation; Monitor changes in employment law and proactively recommend updates to company practices; Support M&A, due diligence, and integration efforts related to employment matters as needed. Qualifications Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction; 5+ years of experience practicing employment law (in-house experience at a technology or SaaS company preferred); Workplace investigation training and experience; Strong knowledge of U.S. employment laws (FLSA, ADA, FMLA, Title VII, wage & hour, classification, etc.); Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice is essential; Workplace investigation training and experience; Experience working closely with HR/People teams and senior leadership; and Excellent communication, judgment, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience s

Datadog is seeking an Employment Counsel to join our growing global Employment Legal team. In this role, you will serve as a trusted legal advisor to the People team, business leaders, and cross-functional partners on a broad range of employment law matters impacting our workforce and culture. While your primary focus will be supporting our U.S. operations, you will also contribute to global initiatives and projects as the company continues to scale. This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic people decisions while partnering across a fast-paced, collaborative technology organization. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Advise the People team and business leaders on a broad range of U.S. employment law matters, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, accommodations, leaves of absence, employee relations, investigations, compensation, terminations, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour compliance. Draft, review, and provide legal guidance on employment-related documents, including offer letters, contractor agreements, separation agreements, and employment policies. Partner cross-functionally with Legal, People, and business stakeholders to develop compliant employment practices and support strategic company initiatives. Provide employment law support throughout mergers, acquisitions, and post-close integration activities. Assess legal risk, recommend practical business solutions, and support decision-making on complex workforce matters. Monitor changes in employment laws and regulations and help implement policies and processes that promote ongoing compliance. Who You Are: J.D. from an accredited law school and an active member in good standing of a U.S. state bar (New York preferred). At least 4 years of experien

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! As Employment Counsel (EMEA), you will serve as Figma's primary employment legal advisor across EMEA, partnering closely with People and business leaders to support our international workforce and help scale our global employment legal function. This is a full time role that can be held from our London Hub or remotely in the United Kingdom. What you’ll do at Figma: Serve as the primary employment legal advisor for EMEA and support other regional and global employment matters, partnering closely with People and business leaders on strategic employment and workforce matters Draft, revise, and update employment and benefits-related documentation and agreements as needed Advise senior stakeholders on complex employee relations, disciplinary, grievance and investigation matters and recommend appropriate outcomes Identify and operationalise compliance-based requirements and build scalable employment-related policies, playbooks, templates, and self-serve tools in collaboration with partner teams to help scale the legal function and the business Support Figma's international growth, including expansion into new jurisdictions, workforce scaling initiatives, and evolving employment compliance requirements Manage employment-related litigation including strategy, discovery, drafting, and coordination with external counsel Identify and address developing employment legal requirements and potential future legal risks to the business Collaborate with other cross-functional business teams inclu

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role As a People Relations Specialist, you will partner with our Employment Counsel, People Partners, and the business to address, navigate, and productively manage people issues surrounding conduct, performance, and culture. You will be responsible for running workplace investigations end-to-end and will partner with Employment Counsel, People Partners, and Business Leaders on owning outcomes and closing out cases in a manner consistent with our culture and business values. In addition to resolving investigations and complaints, and determining appropriate disciplinary actions, you will also provide pragmatic HR advice and assist the broader People Team with other employment issues and cross-functional efforts that shape our culture, values, and offerings.

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role As a People Relations Specialist, you will partner with our Employment Counsel, People Partners, and the business to address, navigate, and productively manage people issues surrounding conduct, performance, and culture. You will be responsible for running workplace investigations end to end and will partner with Employment Counsel, People Partners and Business Leaders on owning outcomes and closing out cases in a manner consistent with our culture and business values. In addition to resolving investigations, complaints and determining appropriate disciplinary actions, you will also provide pragmatic HR advice and assist the broader People Team with other employment issues and cross functional efforts that shape our culture, values, and offerings.

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role As a People Relations Specialist, you will partner with our Employment Counsel, People Partners, and the business to address, navigate, and productively manage people issues surrounding conduct, performance, and culture. You will be responsible for running workplace investigations end to end and will partner with Employment Counsel, People Partners and Business Leaders on owning outcomes and closing out cases in a manner consistent with our culture and business values. In addition to resolving investigations, complaints and determining appropriate disciplinary actions, you will also provide pragmatic HR advice and assist the broader People Team with other employment issues and cross functional efforts that shape our culture, values, and offerings.

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team. We’re looking for an experienced attorney to join Snowflake’s Legal team to help manage a variety of litigation matters. This role will report to Snowflake’s Senior Director, Associate General Counsel - Employment & Litigation. This is an in-person role based in Atlanta, GA, McLean, VA, or Menlo Park, CA. This is not a remote position. Responsibilities Working collaboratively with our Legal team, outside counsel, and other stakeholders, manage commercial-, IP-, trademark-, bankruptcy-, and employment-related disputes and litigation matters. Manage responses to subpoenas, garnishment orders, domestic relations orders, statutory requests for information, and requests from government and law enforcement agencies. Lead and manage internal investigations on matters involving legal risks to Snowflake. Assist and lead efforts in creating, improving, and developing scalable processes and procedures related to the handling of litigation matters for a growing company. Advise business stakeholders on litigation risks and issues involved in business disputes. Pragmatically weigh legal risks and benefits of complex situations and propose practical solutions with tact and maturity. Review and advise on litigation-related contractual

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team. We are looking for an experienced attorney to join Snowflake's Legal team as Director, Assistant General Counsel - Litigation. In this role, you will manage a diverse portfolio of litigation matters, serve as a trusted partner and advisor to the business, leverage artificial intelligence to enhance the way we get work done, and supervise one in-house litigation counsel. This role will report to Snowflake’s Senior Director, Associate General Counsel - Employment & Litigation. This is an in-person role based in Menlo Park, CA or Atlanta, GA. This is not a remote position. Responsibilities Litigation Management and Advising Working collaboratively with our Legal team, outside counsel, and cross-functional stakeholders, manage disputes and litigation matters across their full lifecycle — from initial case assessment through resolution. Lead and manage internal investigations on matters involving legal risks to Snowflake, including coordinating with the People team, Security organization, and other relevant functions. Manage and coordinate responses to subpoenas, garnishment orders, domestic relations orders, statutory requests for information, and requests from government and law enforcement agencies. Review and advise on l

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role This position is remote and ideally based in the United Kingdom or Ireland. As Lead Legal Counsel, Employment, you’ll serve as a senior legal advisor to GitLab on matters spanning the full employment relationship, from recruiting and onboarding through compensation, performance, leave management, separation, and, when necessary, litigation. You’ll provide practical, business-focused guidance that helps GitLab manage legal risk and meet business needs across a globally distributed, all-remote organization. You’ll independently lead complex employment-law matters, serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeh

About Ramp Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books. The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving. We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome. The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same. If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it. About the Role This role will serve as Ramp's first international legal counsel in London, providing day-to-day support on product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational issues as Ramp builds out its European presence. They will partner closely with the U.S. Legal and Compliance teams to ensure consistency across jurisdictions while adapting Ramp's approach to local law and market practice. This is a hybrid role suited to someone comfortable moving between regulatory work and broad-based business/operational counsel in a fast-moving environment. What You'll Do Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection matters. Negotiate and draft commercial agreements supporting European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law requirements. Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises legal professionals from diverse fields, including technology, privacy, IP, corporate, cybersecurity, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation. About the Role We’re growing our Litigation and Regulatory team and seek an experienced counsel to lead high-stakes regulatory investigations, enforcement matters, and related litigation involving AI. You will own matters from initial inquiry through resolution, develop practical strategies for novel and technically complex issues, and translate an evolving factual record into clear advice. The role works closely with Legal, Product, Research, Safety, Security, Communications, Global Affairs, and executive stakeholders. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Lead regulatory inquiries, investigations, and enforcement matters in the United States and internationally, including matters involving federal agencies, state attorneys general, and international regulatory bodies. Develop strategy for contested enforcement proceedings and related litigation, including challenges to investigative demands and coordination across parallel matters. Partner with litigation and subject-matter counsel on related civil disputes, including privacy, consumer protection, class actions, cybersecurity, competition, copyright, trademark, and other IP issues. Manage subpoenas, civil investigative demands, requests for information from regulators and related entities, and discovery. Prepare employees and executives for interviews, testimony, depositions, trial, and other appearances before regulators. Negotiate resolutions to demands, complaints, and

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation. About the Role As a member of our AI Product Counsel team, you will lead legal compliance initiatives for global online safety, platform, and AI regulations, including the UK Online Safety Act, EU Digital Services Act, EU AI Act, and similar emerging frameworks. You will partner closely with Product, Policy, Safety, Engineering, Security, Operations, and other teams to translate complex regulatory requirements into scalable, practical compliance solutions. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Serve as the primary legal expert on the Online Safety Act, Digital Services Act, EU AI Act, and related global AI, platform, and online safety regulations. Lead the design and implementation of scalable compliance programs, governance frameworks, controls, and operating processes. Partner with Product, Engineering, Safety, Policy, Operations, and Security teams to translate regulatory obligations into practical product and operational requirements. Monitor emerging regulations and enforcement trends, anticipate their impact, and help shape OpenAI’s compliance strategy. Develop repeatable processes, playbooks, escalation paths, and decision frameworks that enable teams to move quickly while managing risk responsibly. Support engagement with regulators, external counsel, industry groups, and other stakeholders as needed. You’ll thrive in this role if you: Have 10+ years of experience with a mix of in-house or technology-focused law firm roles. Have

ABOUT THE TEAM The Legal Team at Mural is a collaborative and highly trusted partner, working cross-functionally across the entire company. With a culture of pragmatism, curiosity, and partnership, the team provides expertise across customer contracts, privacy, marketing, IP, employment law, and risk management. Their work is critical to enabling growth and protecting Mural’s reputation, ensuring that every decision aligns with both legal standards and business goals. YOUR MISSION You will report directly to the General Counsel. You will get to apply your contract drafting and negotiations skills as well as your broader legal and business acumen to supporting the GTM and product teams. WHAT YOU'LL DO Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements: SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, SOWs, RFPs and NDAs. Serve as the primary legal point of contact for the Sales team, partnering directly with Account Executives and sales leadership throughout the deal cycle to structure terms, manage risk, and close deals efficiently. Partner with Deal Desk, Revenue Operations, and Finance on pricing, discounting, and other revenue-sensitive deal terms. Advise on data privacy and security terms in customer agreements, partnering with the Privacy and Security teams as needed. Own and continuously refine contract templates, fallback positions, and negotiation playbooks to improve consistency, reduce turnaround time, and enable the sales team to self-serve on standard terms. Negotiate and manage partner, reseller, and vendor/procurement agreements in support of GTM and business operations needs. Support contract renewals, upsells, and amendments, and field post-signature questions on contract interpretation from Customer Success and Account Management. Identify and help implement ways to streamline and scale the contracting process, including AI-assisted contract drafting and review. WHAT YOU'LL BRING 4+ years of experience negotiating and structuring commercial agreements, with a fo

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role Palantir's legal team works closely with the business to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact across the world. Our US Government lawyers are the legal backbone of Palantir's federal government business and are motivated by our mission to serve government clients. As go-to advisors on the contracts that enable Palantir to deploy state-of-the-art technology to solve real-world problems, our goal is to enable US government agency customers to unlock their data and power critical operations. In this role, you will work on every issue Palantir faces in its US government business, including negotiating complex license and services agreements, responding to litigation and regulatory requests, providing strategic advice to business teams, and handling intellectual property, compliance, data privacy, and employment issues. You'll be required to draw on strong communication and interpersonal skills to perform a variety of tasks, whether it's negotiating with a customer, advising business teams on product issues, or troubleshooting a draft proposal. You'll be expected to operate in demanding situations and take on novel, complex issues as they arise. This role requires attention to detail and the broad vision needed to bring large and multi-phase projects to completion. Although this role is grounded in our US government business, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects that arise at our fast-paced, mission-oriented company and partner across legal and the wider business to address the complex issues that arise.