Corporate Counsel
Remote•April 4, 2025
About Trail of BitsTrail of Bits helps secure the world’s most targeted organizations and products. We combine high-end security research with a real-world attacker mentality to reduce risk and fortify code.As a cybersecurity research and consulting firm, we serve clients in the defense, tech, finance, and blockchain industries. We help with their most difficult security challenges by designing and building new technology, researching new techniques to advance the state of practice, and reviewing the security of the latest available technology products before they hit the market.Our team consumes, produces, and presents research as a natural part of doing business. When we make new discoveries or developments, we strive to share our knowledge and release our tools as open-source. It’s a practice that’s earned us industry accolades and helped contribute to our double-digit bottom-line growth.Role Trail of Bits is seeking a corporate counsel to provide our company with legal guidance, protect our legal interests and maintain all company compliance operations. You will be our first in-house attorney; reporting to our VP of Operations and working collaboratively with Professional Services on client contracts, People Operations on employment law matters, and our outside counsel on more complex projects. In your role, you will be integrated into all aspects of the company and have the opportunity to work on a variety of legal matters.We expect this role will come with predictability: This is an opportunity to advise our company proactively, making recommendations on systems, processes, and risk management, and executing on these plans and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Central to this role: regularly work with Project Managers and clients to review and revise customer Master Services Agreements (MSA) and client contracts at all stages of projects.
- Consult with outside counsel on complex projects.
- Review and revise internal policies, rules and regulations and procedures related to employment compliance.
- Interpret and implement applicable international, state and federal laws, rules, and policies as they relate to cybersecurity and Trail of Bits; including new and updated rulings.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and outside legal counsel to ensure Trail of Bits is protected and compliant.
- Anticipate, identify and analyze legal concerns and provide guidance for resolution.
- Build a deep understanding of our business and industry to preempt future legal and compliance issues from arising.
- Maintain a library of all agreements and contracts.
- Provide ad hoc legal advice, counsel, and representation for employees and customers.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and 5 years as a practicing attorney
- Experience in corporate and commercial law, preferably within the security industry
- Experience with data law, cyber security policy, or CIPT, CIPP/US, or CIPP/E a plus
- Ability to provide expert advice to the company and senior management on legal, regulatory, and risk matters in a business-centric and collaborative manner
- An exceptional communicator and confident negotiator with exceptional written and verbal communication skills and aptitude to influence others and explain complex concepts to non-lawyer team members
- A startup mentality with a bias to action and the ability to flex in a fast-paced environment.
- Prior experience working remotely. Strong personal organizational skills and a love for self-time management.
- Keen attention to detail and organization with strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills
- Calm under pressure, work independently, and handle multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting time-sensitive deadlines
- Must live in the United States
Company Perks
- Before, during and after COVID-19, our workforce works flexibly. Many employees choose to work from home around the globe. As long as you deliver against your goals, we encourage you to harness your personal working style to let you work best.
- Liberal expense policy for acquiring the equipment and software that help you do your job. If we need hardware to work effectively, we buy it.
- We offer exceptional and tailored technical, leadership and organizational training for our team members. Everyone is encouraged to identify additional opportunities for personal professional growth with working at Trail of Bits.
- We routinely highlight the amazing work our employees do via our blog, product offerings, and conference talks. We celebrate you!
- We're at the forefront of a number of markets and have the internal expertise and the ambition to capitalize on those opportunities. Our employees see their work in use and valued by many others.
Benefits
- Multiple generous health, vision, and dental insurance plans including no-monthly-premium options supporting individuals and families through Justworks.
- Ancillary benefits including life and disability insurance, pre-tax commuter benefits, free Citi Bike membership, access to a HealthAdvocate, a healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and free memberships to One Medical and Talkspace.
- 14 paid company holidays and four weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO).
- 3-4 months paid parental leave.
- 401k with 5% company matching through Betterment.
- Annual charitable donation matching up to $2,000.
- Bonuses for recruiting, public speaking, tool releases, blog posts, academic posters, proposals, and whitepapers, and end-of-year bonuses based on company, team, and personal performance.
- Carbon offsets for your personal and corporate carbon emissions through Project Wren.