Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With more than 3,000 customers and ARR that has grown over 250 percent year over year, ClickHouse leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.
The company’s sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round. Over the past three months, customers including Capital One, Lovable, Decagon, Polymarket, and Airwallex have adopted the platform or expanded existing deployments. These customers join an established base of AI innovators and global brands such as Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla.
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ClickHouse is seeking an experienced commercial lawyer to join as an early member of ClickHouse’s elite and business-focused Legal team. You will be responsible for supporting ClickHouse’s Americas sales team in reviewing and negotiating customer agreements and providing legal support for ClickHouse’s revenue-generating activities. As we grow our commercial legal function, you will have opportunities to support APAC. You’ll be a trusted advisor and business enabler in a rapidly growing company while maintaining high standards for both legal practice and business ethics. You will report to ClickHouse’s Associate General Counsel.
What You Will Be Doing:- Become an important member of the commercial legal team responsible for supporting the go-to-market team by reviewing and negotiating ClickHouse’s customer contracts. Your primary focus will be supporting the Americas sales team, with opportunities to support APAC as we grow the commercial legal function.
- Cultivate strong relationships with the Americas sales team and act as a solutions-oriented business partner to ClickHouse’s Americas sales team by providing pragmatic, sound legal counsel.
- Lead complex cross-border transactions with sophisticated counterparties located across multiple jurisdictions.
- Monitor and advise on relevant regulatory, compliance or legal developments impacting the business in the Americas region, and partner with the broader Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders where required.
- Provide training and enablement to internal stakeholders on legal issues and contract processes.
- Help maintain and update our legal agreements, policies, and templates; develop and improve scalable workflows to enable rapid revenue growth and stability for the company.
- Law degree and member in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
- Minimum 7 years’ experience practicing both with a law firm and in-house at a high growth technology company.
- Exceptional academic performance and training, including law degree from a highly ranked law school (e.g., Top 30) and/or experience at a top-tier law firm in the technology space.
- Located in the Pacific Time Zone.
- Proven experience drafting, negotiating and closing complex commercial software and SaaS agreements with enterprise customers, partners, and resellers across multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong understanding of commercial legal issues related to SaaS and software licensing (i.e., data privacy, security, intellectual property, open-source, revenue recognition, and tax), professional services and other go-to-market programs (such as partner/reseller programs).
- Excellent judgement, strong business orientation and ability to translate legal risk into practical commercial advice within the context of business objectives.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and management skills; ability to build trust and strong relationships with ClickHouse’s sales team, cross-functional stakeholders, and ClickHouse’s customers.
- Exceptional attention to detail, strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a high-growth environment.
- Experience supporting high growth infrastructure SaaS company
- International legal experience supporting APAC
For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.
These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.
An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.
If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at [email protected].
Perks- Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
- Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
- Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
- Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
- A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
- Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of our first 500 employees, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
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ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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