Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Legal Counsel role stands out in SaaS because it sits at the intersection of product, security, and enterprise commercial execution. In a cybersecurity platform business, legal work tends to be tightly coupled to how software is built, sold, and operated, spanning SDLC considerations, data privacy and security, and cross border contracting. The scope described suggests a company building repeatable legal foundations while engaging with sophisticated buyers and partners.
For a SaaS career, the role offers durable exposure to the legal mechanics that shape recurring revenue businesses: negotiating customer and vendor terms across geographies, translating regulatory risk into practical internal guidance, and creating policies and templates that can scale with increasing deal volume. It also develops fluency in how legal decisions affect product direction, go to market motion, and operational readiness in security sensitive environments.
This position is best suited to a senior counsel who prefers broad ownership over a narrow specialty and is comfortable moving between strategic advice and hands on drafting. It fits someone who enjoys working closely with non legal stakeholders and can communicate clearly across functions while maintaining rigor in technology transactions.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Senior Legal Counsel
- Finance & Operations
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Senior
- Full-time
Description
This is a unique opportunity to join an exciting startup experiencing hypergrowth in a white-hot segment of the cybersecurity space.
Cycode is a rapidly growing cybersecurity startup and creator of the world’s first complete software supply chain security solution. According to Gartner, software supply chain attacks (like the one that impacted Solarwinds) will affect 45% of organizations and grow three-fold by 2025. Unfortunately, traditional AppSec offers little protection against these devastating threats. That’s where Cycode comes in. Our platform provides customers with complete visibility, security, and integrity across all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) — to prevent them from becoming the next Solarwinds.
Cycode was founded in 2019 and is backed by top venture capital firms YL Ventures and Insight Partners. We’ve received numerous awards and recognition including being named one of the top cybersecurity startups in the Cyber Defense Magazine Top 100 (2020), Accel 2021 Euroscape Top 100, Analytics Insight “Top Cybersecurity Companies to Watch in 2021”, winner of the 2021 Cyber Defender Award and finalist for the 2021 CISO Choice in Application Security.
What will you do?
- Lead the day-to-day legal work at Cycode under the guidance of the company’s Chief of Staff
- Provide guidance to stakeholders, establish policies and monitor and manage compliance in relation to laws & regulation concerning AI, technology, product and SaaS, data privacy & security, and other innovative fields
- Manage Cycode's commercial legal work across ALL fronts, including fast-pace with multi-national enterprise customers, partners and vendors negotiations in various geographies
- Work closely with, and provide legal advice to, the company management team
- Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice and recommendations to internal stakeholders across all departments to promote business initiatives and manage legal risks
- Create and maintain legal documents and related assets, business processes and internal policies to help scale the business
- Facilitate the company’s relationship with external counsel in both Israel and the US
Requirements
- LLB degree or a US JD and license to practice law in Israel
- At least 5 years of experience (post internship) practicing commercial law and tech law, preferably in a global tech company, with proven experience in negotiation, and deep understanding of technology transactions
- In-depth knowledge of technology and SaaS related laws and regulations, including privacy, open source licensing and IP
- A team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to provide excellent service to peers and stakeholders, each in their "language".
- Ability to think strategically while operating “hands on” and still doing ALL legal tasks (tactic or strategic)
- Ability to move fast and constantly deliver
- Ability to simplify and clearly communicate legal issues and advise to non-lawyer stakeholders
- Hold good organizational skills and resourceful and business and results-oriented approach
- High level of professional English (speaking and writing) is a must
- Experience in the Cyber / SAAS space is a major plus
- Ability to support the G&A teams and advise on labor law matters and corporate matters is an advantage
