[Hiring] Corporate Paralegal @Backblaze

Role Description

We are seeking a Legal Paralegal to support Backblaze’s public-company, corporate, and governance operations. This role is the execution engine behind the Legal & Compliance team:

• Public-company filings
• Board and committee preparation
• Entity and governance records
• Litigation and insurance claims support

This role frees attorney time and keeps a fast-moving public-company calendar running on schedule. The ideal candidate is exceptionally organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable handling confidential and market-sensitive information with discretion. This is a high-ownership role for someone who takes pride in accurate, on-time execution and wants to grow with a lean, high-impact team. This role reports to the Head of Legal & Compliance and is fully remote.

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience. Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program preferred.
• 8 or more years of corporate or public-company paralegal experience, ideally including a combination of law firm and in-house experience.
• Working knowledge of SEC reporting requirements, Section 16, and Nasdaq listing standards and public-company governance practices.
• Familiarity with public-company filing tools and processes (for example, EDGAR, XBRL, and Section 16 filing agents), board portals (for example, Diligent or Boardvantage), and entity management software.
• Experience supporting stock administration and equity plan records is a plus.
• Litigation, insurance claims, or subpoena and legal process support experience is a plus.
• Comfort using AI tools to work more efficiently, or a genuine willingness to develop fluency in them.
• Experience at a public technology or SaaS company is a plus.

Requirements

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a strong track record of managing deadline-driven filing and governance calendars.
• Sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential and material non-public information.
• Experience supporting a Corporate Secretary, Board of Directors, and senior executives with sensitive, market-moving materials.
• Proactive, dependable, and solutions-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Clear communicator who works well with attorneys, executives, and cross-functional partners.

Benefits

• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.