[Hiring] Senior Legal Counsel - Subscriptions @DuckDuckGo

Role Description

Working on the Law & Policy team, you'll serve as the dedicated legal expert for DuckDuckGo's subscription offering, ensuring we remain compliant across a growing range of global jurisdictions while enabling the business to move fast with confidence. You'll play a role in enabling DuckDuckGo’s subscription growth internationally by navigating the complex legal requirements that come with launching in new markets. Alongside work closely with product, engineering, marketing, and finance teams to embed legal thinking into day-to-day decisions, and work on related projects.

• Building out the subscription legal framework to track and operationalize evolving requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Reviewing and advising on in-product notices, terms of service, and marketing materials for the DuckDuckGo Subscription.
• Analyzing legal requirements for online payments, free trials, promotions, and multi-jurisdiction auto renewal notices.

As a Senior Legal Counsel, you'll own all subscription-related legal matters end-to-end, from early ideation through to launch, acting as a true partner to the business rather than a downstream reviewer.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of legal experience, with in-house experience preferred.
• Experience advising on subscription services, consumer-facing software products, or e-commerce, including drafting terms of service.
• Proven experience working autonomously to proactively track evolving legal requirements across jurisdictions, serving as both a cross-functional partner and hands-on implementer.
• Able to translate legal advice into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills in a fast-paced, remote-first setting.
• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and membership in good standing in one U.S. state bar.

Requirements

• Compensation: $178,500 USD annually and stock options.
• Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team.
• Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States.
• This program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK.
• Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days).
• While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.
• A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave.
• Office setup and co-working allowances.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to [email protected] to let us know the nature of your request.