Senior Legal Counsel

Description

Who are we?

Checkmarx is the leader in agentic application security, delivering enterprise-grade protection while helping organizations lower engineering costs and accelerate development velocity. The Checkmarx One platform scan trillions of lines of code each year, enabling companies to cut vulnerability density by more than half. Autonomous security agents continuously detect and counter AI-driven threats across the software development lifecycle, delivering prevention-first protection for legacy, modern, and AI-generated code at enterprise scale. 

We’re trusted by 1,600+ customers in 70+ countries, including some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world. Guided by research-led innovation and a developer-first mindset, we help every developer, security team, and enterprise build software that is risk-free by design.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for a passionate Senior Legal Counsel to join our team and provide ongoing legal support on matters related to the Company’s business and operations, corporate matters, and global commercial activity. 

How will you make an impact? 

• Review, draft, and negotiate various commercial agreements, including software licensing agreements, partner agreements, professional services, and SaaS agreements. 
• Provide legal support on corporate and ongoing business matters related to the Company and its subsidiaries worldwide. 
• Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, playbooks, and legal processes. 

Requirements

What is needed to succeed? 

• +5 years of relevant experience working at a software company - MUST.  
• Experience in SaaS agreements & data protection laws – MUST. 
• Native level written and spoken English. 
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills and demonstrated creative problem-solving ability.  
• Strong interpersonal skills, proactive, business-oriented, and results-driven. 
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision, a motivated self-starter. 
• Ability to work flexible hours vis-à-vis different time zones.

What we have to offer

Checkmarx offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, competitive compensation, great work-life balance, as well as great benefits and perks throughout the year. Checkmarx is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.