Principal Product and Privacy Counsel

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3> <div>Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. We are on a mission to be the reliable foundation of every developer’s toolbox, and are building the team that will make that happen.</div> <div> </div> <div>Our values guide us —they are present in how we show up, make decisions, and work together to make an impact. We’re curious, driven, collaborative, genuine and humble.</div> <div> </div> <div>Temporal is growing and we are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for improving the developer experience, building world-class open-source software and communities, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!</div></div><div> <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>Temporal is looking for a <strong>Principal Product and Privacy Counsel</strong> to serve as a core legal partner to our Product, Engineering and Security teams. This role will embed into the product development lifecycle, helping teams move quickly while identifying and addressing legal, privacy, and IP risks early.</p> <p>This is a senior individual contributor role. The person in this role should be excited to operate as a hands-on, high-impact IC for a period of time, while also being open to building and scaling a product and privacy legal function over time as business needs evolve.</p> <p>We are building for developers and the open source community. We are looking for someone with strong technical fluency, comfort engaging directly with engineers, and a practical understanding of open source and modern cloud products.</p> <p><strong>What you'll do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as the primary legal advisor to Product, Engineering and Security teams, to spot legal, privacy, and IP issues early in the development cycle and propose pragmatic paths forward</li> <li>Own and evolve the global privacy program, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and emerging U.S. state and international privacy requirements, with a strong emphasis on privacy-by-design and product architecture</li> <li>Draft, review, and negotiate privacy-related contractual terms, such as data processing agreements, privacy addenda, SCCs where applicable, and related customer and vendor privacy obligations</li> <li>Advise on open source software licensing, including inbound and outbound dependency management, license compatibility analysis, and contribution policies</li> <li>Structure and negotiate complex technology transactions and commercial terms that intersect with product, including SaaS agreements, API/SDK licenses, OEM arrangements, and platform integrations</li> <li>Advise on cybersecurity legal requirements, incident response planning, and breach notification obligations across applicable jurisdictions</li> <li>Provide legal guidance on AI/ML related product features, including data provenance, model governance, and evolving AI regulation</li> <li>Partner with Security on SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other compliance efforts as they intersect with legal obligations and customer commitments</li> <li>Develop and maintain internal policies, playbooks, and training materials that enable Product and Engineering teams to self-serve on recurring legal and privacy questions</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you'll need</strong></p> <ul> <li>Admitted and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction</li> <li>8+ years of in-house experience supporting product and engineering teams in a technology company, with comfort advising on fast-moving product development and platform changes</li> <li>Strong working knowledge of intellectual property concepts relevant to software products, including open source contribution and licensing norms, trade secrets, and product-related IP risk spotting, ideally in a developer tools, in ... (truncated, view full listing at source)