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Counsel, Commercial (AMER)
@ ClickHouse
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
ClickHouse is hiring an experienced commercial lawyer for its Americas legal team to review and negotiate customer contracts that support the sales team. The role involves complex cross-border SaaS and technology transactions, regulatory monitoring, and building legal playbooks and templates. The posting states a full-time, remote-friendly role with title and pay depending on experience and location.
Responsibilities:
- Review and negotiate customer contracts for the Americas sales team
- Negotiate complex cross-border technology transactions
- Monitor regulatory and legal developments in the Americas
- Train internal stakeholders on legal issues and contract processes
- Maintain legal agreements, policies and templates
Requirements summary:
- Law degree and good standing in a U.S. state bar
- 3-6 years of law firm or in-house experience
- Experience drafting SaaS and enterprise technology agreements
- Understanding of data privacy, IP, open-source and revenue recognition
- Strong business orientation and communication skills
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-09
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-09
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Legal & compliance |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Law |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours, Home office allowance |
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ClickHouse
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ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system.
Full company description
ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system that allows users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time. Its technology works 100-1000x faster than traditional database management systems, and processes hundreds of millions to over a billion rows and tens of gigabytes of data per server per second. With a widespread user base around the globe, the technology has received praise for its reliability, ease of use, and fault tolerance. Learn more at clickhouse.com. Bay Area, USA | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- LinkedIn followers
- 137,712
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 564
- Reported office locations
- Palo Alto, California, US
- Amsterdam, NL
- Business categories
- Software
- Database
- Analytics
- Big Data
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Other recorded names
- ClickHouse
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 1,150,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system that allows users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time. Its technology works 100-1000x faster than traditional database management systems, and processes hundreds of millions to over a billion rows and tens of gigabytes of data per server per second. With a widespread user base around the globe, the technology has…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2021 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 12 |
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Overview
ClickHouse is seeking an experienced commercial lawyer to join ClickHouse’s elite and business-focused Legal team. You will be responsible for supporting ClickHouse’s Americas sales team in reviewing and negotiating customer agreements and providing legal support for ClickHouse’s revenue-generating activities. You’ll be a trusted advisor and business enabler in a rapidly growing company while maintaining high standards for both legal practice and business ethics.
What You’ll Do:
Become an important member of the commercial legal team responsible for supporting the go-to-market team by reviewing and negotiating ClickHouse’s customer contracts. Your primary focus will be supporting the Americas sales team.
Cultivate strong relationships with the Americas sales team and act as a solutions-oriented business partner to ClickHouse’s Americas sales team by providing pragmatic, sound legal counsel.
Negotiate complex cross-border transactions with sophisticated counterparties located across multiple jurisdictions, with increasing ownership of complex deals.
Monitor and advise on relevant regulatory, compliance or legal developments impacting the business in the Americas region, and partner with the broader Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders where required.
Provide training and enablement to internal stakeholders on legal issues and contract processes.
Help maintain and update our legal agreements, policies, and templates; develop and improve scalable workflows to enable rapid revenue growth and stability for the company.
As an early member of ClickHouse’s AMER legal function, contribute to building the playbooks, templates, and processes the region will run on, with mentorship and support from the broader Legal team.
What You Bring Along:
Law degree and member in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
3-6 years of law firm and/or in-house experience. Experience supporting high growth infrastructure SaaS companies is a plus.
Exceptional academic performance and training, including a law degree from a highly ranked law school (e.g., Top 30) and/or experience at a top-tier law firm in the technology space.
Proven experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial technology transactions and SaaS agreements with enterprise customers, partners, and resellers across multiple jurisdictions. International legal experience is a plus.
Strong understanding of commercial legal issues related to SaaS and software licensing (i.e., data privacy, security, intellectual property, open-source, revenue recognition, and tax), professional services, and other go-to-market programs (such as partner/reseller programs).
Excellent judgement, strong business orientation, and ability to translate legal risk into practical commercial advice within the context of business objectives.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and management skills; ability to build trust and strong relationships with ClickHouse’s sales team, cross-functional stakeholders, and ClickHouse’s customers.
Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Experience with data protection regulations in commercial negotiations and familiarity with regulated customer requirements is a plus.
Experience negotiating on customer paper and working with negotiation playbooks and fallback positions is a plus.
Title (Counsel or Senior Counsel) and pay dependent on years of experience and location.
Bonus Points:
Experience supporting high growth infrastructure SaaS company
International legal experience supporting APAC
Perks
Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 countries.
Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
A USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.
Equal Opportunity & Privacy
ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Please see here for our Privacy Statement.
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