Senior Legal Counsel
About Upsun (formerly Platform.sh )
Upsun is the cloud application platform humans and robots love. It is built for today’s hybrid teams, where AI agents write and test code and humans focus on solving the problems that really matter. Developers, DevOps engineers, and platform teams use Upsun to build, ship, and scale confidently without wrestling with backend infrastructure. We give you your time back. You get:
- Predictable performance, even at scale
- Secure, compliant environments by default
- Real-time observability and profiling built in
- Cloning, configuration, and provisioning in seconds
- AI-ready features that plug directly into your stack
The name says it all. "Up" means uptime, reliability, and acceleration. "Sun" reflects our follow-the-sun-support, a 24x7, globally distributed support team keeping the lights on while you rest. Our core belief is that software should power brighter solutions and greater innovation.
Upsunners are a remote, global workforce, and we thrive in a multicultural team. We are committed to open source and an open, welcoming environment. Our team spans the globe and the experience spectrum.
What's our commonality, our cultural fabric? A curious spirit and a thirst for knowledge; an eagerness for innovative ideas and cultures. We believe we can build anything together in an environment that frees you to do your best work.
Our values:
🌿 We make a positive impact.
✨ We aim for the stars.
💚 We care for each other.
Impact of a Senior Legal Counsel
As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will serve as a practical, collaborative partner working directly with our Product, Engineering, and Sales teams. You will help build legal compliance into the core architecture of our platform, navigate emerging AI frameworks, and unblock complex commercial deals. Whether you are focusing on data privacy, open-source compliance, or cloud infrastructure contracts, your goal is to translate complex regulations into clear, actionable business paths. Your work will be to apply valuable legal expertise to the technical reality of how modern cloud applications are built.
This role reports to the General Counsel.
What to expect
-
Embed compliance into the product lifecycle: Partner directly with Product and Engineering to review platform features, draft fit-for-purpose terms, and align legal guardrails with active business goals.
-
Manage infrastructure and vendor risk: Review and negotiate complex upstream infrastructure contracts (IaaS), reseller agreements, and AWS/Azure/GCP Marketplace agreements to safeguard platform integrity.
-
Govern AI and emerging tech: Formulate clear legal frameworks for features utilizing AI/ML models, focusing directly on training data provenance, output liabilities, and proactive compliance with the EU AI Act.
-
Integrate data privacy and security: Collaborate closely with our DPO, Security, and Compliance teams to map data flows and embed global privacy frameworks directly into the cloud architecture.
-
Accelerate go-to-market and commercial growth: Update customer-facing terms (ToS, SLAs, AUP) and act as a trusted advisor to global sales teams during negotiations for complex, bespoke enterprise contracts.
What you bring
-
Legal qualification : A Juris Doctor (JD, LLB, or equivalent) with active qualification to practice law in your jurisdiction.
-
Tech sector experience: 5 to 10+ years of post-qualification experience within a law firm or in-house legal department, specifically supporting SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or developer-facing platforms.
-
Technical familiarity: You do not need to write code, but you understand how modern cloud applications work. You are comfortable learning or discussing concepts like APIs, containerization, pull requests, and multi-tenant databases.
-
Language proficiency: Highly proficient in both spoken and written English and French.
-
Practical execution: A track record of writing clear, balanced le