Legal Counsel, Product

What You’ll Do:

• Advise product and engineering teams on legal issues across the product development lifecycle, flagging risks early and recommending practical paths forward.
• Provide legal support for AI-related product development, including data retention practices, model vendor terms and acceptable use policies, opt-in flows, and customer-facing AI documentation.
• Partner with procurement legal on vendor and product-related agreements, including reviews of AI model vendor contracts, partnership terms, and procurement escalations.

What You’ll Bring:

• JD/LLB or local law degree equivalent and admission to state bar or analogous governing body.
• Experience counseling product and engineering teams on matters across the software development lifecycle
• Working knowledge of open source licensing concepts and how they apply to software development and distribution

About the team:

• You'll join GitLab's Product Legal team, a small group within Legal and Corporate Affairs that partners with product, engineering, and marketing to help GitLab build, ship, and market products responsibly while managing legal risk.
• The team works closely with GitLab's Privacy team and supports work across product development, intellectual property, open source licensing, AI, commercial and vendor agreements, and marketing review.