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Senior Legal Counsel, Product
Vercel INC · 🇺🇸 Hybrid - San Francisco
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- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 10 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 10 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Vercel: Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience. Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide. About the Role: We are looking for an experienced, technical, and business-minded Senior Counsel to enable Vercel’s product innovation and shipping velocity. You will partner closely with Engineering, Product and Design (”EPD”), Security, and other cross-functional teams to provide all aspects of legal support throughout the product development lifecycle, while also building out processes and programs as a foundational member of the Legal team. This is a senior individual contributor role that focuses on product counseling, and may also support commercial transactions from time to time. This position reports to the VP of Legal. This role is based in SF where we have a 3 day/week in-office requirement. What You Will Do: • Partner closely with EPD teams to enable cutting-edge product initiatives, balancing innovation and speed with responsible risk management and customer trust. • Identify and drive resolution of issues related to privacy, data security, AI, platform safety, marketing, competition, intellectual property, and other legal and regulatory areas. • Help translate evolving laws and market expectations into practical, actionable guidance. • Work with cross-functional teams to build scalable processes and draft/maintain templates that allow Vercel to ship faster and smarter over time. • Engage on special projects and provide legal support to sales, partnerships, procurement, M&A, and other teams as needed, particularly in transactions where nuanced product knowledge is critical. About You: • Admitted to the California Bar or eligible for Registered In-House Counsel exception and in good standing. • 8+ years of legal experience, including 4+ years of product legal experience at a software company. • Significant experience counseling product and engineering teams through the product development lifecycle from conception to launch and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the software industry. • Strong understanding of cloud services and general SaaS, PaaS, IaaS business practices and relevant global regulatory requirements. • Able to quickly form and convincingly communicate a point of view, under time pressure and with imperfect information. • Loves being a generalist and avoids silos. Will take on additional responsibilities and explore subjects outside of your core expertise where no job is too big or too small. • Strong judgment and risk-assessment and mitigation skills, adapting legal requirements in creative and pragmatic ways. • Can independently manage and negotiate technology agreements with customers, technology partners, and technology vendors. • Prefers fast-paced, highly variable environments, with a proven track record of building new or improving existing processes at other hyper-growth companies. • Enjoys mentoring and advising Legal teammates regardless of formal reporting lines. Bonus If You Have: • Computer science degree or technical background in software engineering for the web. • Experience with commercial transactions, intellectual property, open source, platform safety • Used Vercel’s products and services. Benefits & Compensation: • Competitive compensation package, including equity. • Inclusive Healthcare Package. • Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skill