Everything happens somewhere - which is why spatial analytics is fundamental to companies trying to understand the “where” and the “why” of their business. CARTO is the leading cloud-native location intelligence platform, trusted by data scientists, data analysts and developers from companies such as Vodafone, IKEA, Decathlon, Coca-Cola and Mastercard to provide geospatial insights for use cases such as site selection, geomarketing, route optimization, network planning and much more.
With an exceptionally diverse team of 170 people spread across the US and Europe, CARTO (backed by Insight Partners, Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Earlybird Ventures, among others) is changing the way companies analyze location data - making it simple to do this straight out of modern, cloud data warehouses. Redefining its category, the company has grown rapidly in recent years providing a compelling alternative to legacy GIS software.
We are looking for a junior legal counsel to join our legal team. The successful candidate’s primary responsibility will be to review, advise, and negotiate issues involving complex customer contracts, and to provide a variety of general commercial legal services to the organization. Reporting to the Head of Legal, you will extensively partner with all departments and regularly interact with outside counsel and other third parties.
This position can be based out of CARTO's Madrid or Seville offices, or remote, based in Spain.
You will
Do you feel that you don't check all of the requirements? At CARTO we believe that professional development happens through teaching and learning from your peers and managers. Even if you’re uncertain about whether you have the experience we’re looking for, please apply if this position sparks your curiosity.
A diversity of identity, perspective, and experience makes us stronger. We welcome you to apply to CARTO regardless of your background, age, gender, ethnicity, orientation, or ability.
To learn more about us, please visit our blog!
Not the right job for you? Take a look at the rest of our openings at carto.com/careers
With an exceptionally diverse team of 170 people spread across the US and Europe, CARTO (backed by Insight Partners, Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Earlybird Ventures, among others) is changing the way companies analyze location data - making it simple to do this straight out of modern, cloud data warehouses. Redefining its category, the company has grown rapidly in recent years providing a compelling alternative to legacy GIS software.
We are looking for a junior legal counsel to join our legal team. The successful candidate’s primary responsibility will be to review, advise, and negotiate issues involving complex customer contracts, and to provide a variety of general commercial legal services to the organization. Reporting to the Head of Legal, you will extensively partner with all departments and regularly interact with outside counsel and other third parties.
This position can be based out of CARTO's Madrid or Seville offices, or remote, based in Spain.
You will
- Serve as a legal advisor to the sales, sales operations, support, product, marketing, and human resources departments, working collaboratively and closely to facilitate a partnering-based approach to the search for solutions;
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of complex sales, partnership, SaaS, and services contracts and other agreements with customers, suppliers, and others who desire to contract with CARTO, including all of our commercial contracts and vendor agreements;
- Stay on top of applicable legal developments, and use critical thinking to provide proactive and strategic solutions to eliminate or mitigate identified or anticipated risks; and
- Communicate with and manage relationships with external counsel
- Qualified to practice law in Spain;
- 2 to 4 years of experience within a fast-paced SaaS company/technology industry, and/or in a law firm counseling rapid-growth technology companies;
- C2- to native-level fluency in English and Spanish; other languages are considered a plus;
- Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced international environment;
- Solid and practical legal and business judgment, with the ability to work quickly and competently in assessing and evaluating legal exposure and risks—and clearly communicate these to internal stakeholders to develop client-focused and commercially sound solutions;
- Experience reviewing, drafting, structuring, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including master services agreements, cloud and on-premises terms, SLAs, statements of work, licensing agreements, partnership agreements, and NDAs;
- An aptitude for thinking quickly on your feet, conveying grace under pressure, and simultaneously managing workloads, the demands of numerous clients, and shifting priorities; A quality-focused work ethic; and willingness to manage legal issues in US Time zonesFluency with Google G Suite, Microsoft Office, DocuSign; familiarity with Salesforce and Slack are a plus
- Competitive, results-based compensation
- Access to our employee stock options plan
- Private medical insurance
- Flexible work hours in a focused but casual environment
- Education Stipend
- Flexible compensation
- English classes
- A big vision: to help the world use location-based data to make better decisions. We believe that openness and sustainability are baked into this vision, and we’re sharing it with the world
Do you feel that you don't check all of the requirements? At CARTO we believe that professional development happens through teaching and learning from your peers and managers. Even if you’re uncertain about whether you have the experience we’re looking for, please apply if this position sparks your curiosity.
A diversity of identity, perspective, and experience makes us stronger. We welcome you to apply to CARTO regardless of your background, age, gender, ethnicity, orientation, or ability.
To learn more about us, please visit our blog!
Not the right job for you? Take a look at the rest of our openings at carto.com/careers