Senior Product Counsel

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations:

Austin, TX

Washington D.C.

San Francisco, CA

London, UK

About this job

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Product Counsel with deep technical curiosity and a passion for solving novel legal challenges at the intersection of law and technology. The Product Counsel team serves as strategic legal partners to product, engineering, and business teams, helping navigate complex issues across Cloudflare's diverse portfolio of security, networking, AI, and developer products used by millions of customers worldwide.

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role. You'll lead cross-functional projects, shape legal strategy for emerging technologies, and make judgment calls on questions without clear precedent. Speed matters here: our lean team moves fast, and your work directly influences products that help build a better Internet.

The ideal candidate brings a mix of deep technical fluency, commercial pragmatism, and creative problem-solving. You'll draft and negotiate technology transactions that fuel the product lines you support, evaluate novel legal questions at the frontier of law and technology, and craft practical solutions that balance risk and business objectives.

You'll also lead privacy-by-design reviews, document data flows for responsible AI counseling, and partner with commercial legal teams to resolve complex customer inquiries. The work is varied, the problems are hard, and the stakes are real.

Who You Are

We're looking for candidates from diverse legal backgrounds: prior experience in technology transactions, patent or copyright litigation, data privacy, or other regulatory practices that require deep technical understanding. The common thread isn't a specific practice area; it's that you're technical, collaborative, and creative. You thrive on learning how new technologies work, you're a skilled negotiator who builds trust with internal and external partners, and you understand that most problems have multiple paths to "yes."

In this role, you will:

Translate complex legal analysis into clear, actionable guidance for fast-moving product and engineering teams.

Proactively assess legal risks and advise product, engineering and business teams building services that reshape how information moves across the Internet—and the laws that govern it.

Serve as a legal advisor to senior business leaders on the legal implications of product strategy.

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